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Red
1968 La Rioja Alta Rioja Reserva 904
Tempranillo Blend
- Spain
- La Rioja
- La Rioja Alta
- Rioja
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Community Tasting Notes 6
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billcow Likes this wine: 96 points
January 15, 2023 - Stunning bottle. Utterly head spinning fruit that keeps going and going. Delicate light body and exquisite nose of dusty violets, sweet and sour black fruit and a kiss of cocoa. A birth year wine and a real treat!
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melvinyeowq wrote:
December 20, 2021 - Good shit dinner: Needed some time in the decanter to blow off the funk. Very sweet and ripe fruit for its age so most of us thought Tuscan and guessed it was from the 80s for this. A pleasure to taste a wine this old, remarkably long finish.
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Dibbs Likes this wine: 96 points
December 20, 2021 - What an amazing wine! We all said less than 30 years of age. This is truly drinking at peak at over 50 years of age. This is the majestic beauty of old Riojas. Only detracting factor for me was the nose never got anywhere close to the palate but its length, de-lineation, and weight are mind-blowing for a wine of any age. This is the best La Rioja Alta of my life!
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MC2 Wines wrote:
April 7, 2018 - Acker Auction - April 2018 (Marea in NYC): Opened for a few hours in the bottle, but no decant. A bit strong at first but it calmed down some in the glass. Classic tomato paste. A bit of an aftertaste that I couldn't quite put my finger on.
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sharkarama Likes this wine: 92 points
December 31, 2014 - Given a good decant and really improved after a couple of hours. Sedate fruit but good acidity and plenty long - nothing ages these old school Riojas
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/13/2017 (link)(La Rioja Alta, 904 Reserva Rioja Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2014, Issue #51, Recently Tasted Spanish Wines: Great Traditional Wines, A Few Overly Alcoholic Dinosaurs and More Old Rioja Notes Than Anyone Has A Right to Taste(Rioja “904” Gran Reserva- La Rioja Alta) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2006, Issue #5, Paradise Lost: Traditional Rioja in the Plague Years(La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva “904”) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1968
- Type Red
- Producer La Rioja Alta
- Varietal Tempranillo Blend
- Designation Reserva 904
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region La Rioja
- SubRegion La Rioja Alta
- Appellation Rioja
- UPC Code 8413529731003
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
- In Cellars 211 (86%)
- Consumed 30 (12%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- VarietyTempranillo Blend
- CountrySpain
- RegionLa Rioja
- SubRegionLa Rioja Alta
- AppellationRioja
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