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Red
2004 Bodegas Akutain Rioja Gran Reserva
Tempranillo
- Spain
- La Rioja
- La Rioja Alta
- Rioja
Label borrowed from 2015
Label borrowed from 2017
Community Tasting Notes 16
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diggydan wrote: 92 points
April 1, 2023 - Secondary and tannic, with some dark plum and oak. The nose smells like earth and leather. Good, but rustic.
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asteff Likes this wine: 91 points
August 10, 2022 - Really tasty wine
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CHINACAT wrote: flawed
May 27, 2022 - Oxidized
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nlassow Likes this wine: 92 points
October 9, 2021 - Had this bottle at 316 in Boulder May 2019. 2 1/2 years later the same restaurant still had more stock. Primary dark plum fruit, oak, maybe some tobacco. Integrated and yet still youthful. About identical to how we remembered it in 2019. Great value, as another note mentioned, we have come to expect from Spain. This wine shows no signs of slowing down in the short term. Hope we have the opportunity grab another next year.
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CHINACAT wrote: 91 points
January 29, 2021 - Ripe dark fruit and lush, some pepper and pine, and a bit of a firm finish. Still a little oaky and tight, but very enjoyable. Has a long life ahead of it.
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By John Gilman
Mar/Apr 2020, Issue #86, Recently-Tasted Spanish and Portuguese Wines Part Three- April 2020(Rioja “Gran Reserva”- Bodegas Akutain) Subscribe to see review text.
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Mar/Apr 2017, Issue #68, Recently Tasted, Superb Spanish Wines Part Two(Rioja Gran Reserva- Bodegas Akutain (Rioja Alta)) Subscribe to see review text.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Bodegas Akutain
- Varietal Tempranillo
- Designation Gran Reserva
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region La Rioja
- SubRegion La Rioja Alta
- Appellation Rioja
- UPC Codes 8437000012917, 8437019784010
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 226 (48%)
- Consumed 247 (52%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Paired nicely with a medium-rare Filet Mignon.Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 20 votes
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- VarietyTempranillo
- DesignationGran Reserva
- CountrySpain
- RegionLa Rioja
- SubRegionLa Rioja Alta
- AppellationRioja
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