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1964 R. López de Heredia Rioja Blanco Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia

White Blend

  • Spain
  • La Rioja
  • La Rioja Alta
  • Rioja
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Community Tasting Notes 10

  • JLeader wrote: 92 points

    January 19, 2019 - A good bottle. Not the best example I have had. Some initially guessed old white burg. Definitely had the telltale oxidation and oak (not obtrusive here) along with a minty and heavily mineral character. Always a fascinating wine.

  • KenPlace wrote: 94 points

    November 15, 2014 - Very much alive. PnP and was beautiful right off the bat. Nutty, dark yellow. Gorgeous nose. Kept improving in the glass.

  • Los 12 Glotones Likes this wine: 96 points

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    Els12golafres Wine Tasting Group: http://vinosclasicos.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/vina-tondonia-1964-blanco-gran-reserva.html
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    De color dorado viejo, casi ambarino, limpio, con sensación de mucho grosor, formando densas lágrimas en copa. Reflejos dorados, anaranjados, luminoso.

    Sin lugar a dudas la mejor nariz de un Rioja blanco. Tiene todo lo que se puede esperar de un Rioja excepcional en una cosecha excepcional. Una mitad de la botella se decantó una hora antes para compararla con la otra mitad. Ni se abrió, ni se cerró, ni nada de nada... Los aromas del vino lo inundan todo. Qué potencia!!! Por la mesa de cata sobrevuelan aromas de ceras, panal, fruta de hueso en compota, ahumados, cereal tostado, pastelería, caramelos werther's, miel, soleras viejas. Aumenta de intensidad paulatinamente, sin prisas, dando un elegante recuerdo a cuero, nueces, naranja escarchada, especias orientales, cúrcuma. Fino, elegante, de enorme profundidad.

    En boca mantiene el listón de calidad. Sabroso, amplio, lleno, con una textura cremosa y grasa que nos trae la fruta madura, los almíbares, la fruta carnosa, el hueso, y esa acidez refrescante con un toque cítrico y un apunte de dulcedumbre. Decir que es elegante es quedarse corto. Un blanco descomunal, vivo y con ganas de seguir castigándonos en la cartera...

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    85% viura, 15% malvasía - 12% vol.
    Permanece durante 6 meses en depósitos de madera. Criado durante 9 años en viejas barricas de roble americano de 225 litros elaboradas por los toneleros de la misma bodega. El vino es sometido a 18 trasiegas manuales. Clarificado con claras de huevo frescas. Embotellado directamente de la barrica en julio de 1973. Sin filtrar. Lacrado especial para favorecer su mejor evolución en botella y preservarlo de contaminaciones. Producción limitada a 16.000 botellas. Descansa un mínimo de 44 meses en botellero antes de ser comercializado. Una buena parte de esta cosecha fue apartada de la venta. Presentado por primera vez en la fiesta del centenario de la bodega en 1977.
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  • Rupert wrote:

    May 23, 2011 - Dinner with López de Heredia wines 1934-1976 (Cambio de Tercio, London SW5): This was brilliant too, but almost painfully youthful - salty, fresh, and with a super grippy toast finish

  • Yiannis wrote: 93 points

    March 19, 2011 - It is really needless to describe and assess this wine in conventional wine-tasting language. It is simply moving to realize that a wine 1 year older than myself is still in such a good shape. Yes, it is obviously oxidized, but this should be seen as part of its character rather than as a defect. Absolutely drinkable and food friendly. Respect.

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  • June 2011, Issue #32 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    2/3/2011 (link)

    (López Heredia, Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja White) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By John Gilman
    Jan/Feb 2009, Issue #19, López de Heredia: Rioja’s Great Bastion of Tradition

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  • By Antonio Galloni
    The Wines of López de Heredia: 1954–1998 (Oct 2006) (link)

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1964
  • Type White
  • Producer R. López de Heredia
  • Varietal White Blend
  • Designation Blanco Gran Reserva
  • Vineyard Viña Tondonia
  • Country Spain
  • Region La Rioja
  • SubRegion La Rioja Alta
  • Appellation Rioja

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 29 (31%)
  • In Cellars 46 (48%)
  • Consumed 20 (21%)

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