Community Tasting Notes 31

• z_willus_d wrote: 91 points

  September 10, 2023 - RdD wines were something like my 2nd love in the early years of my wine tasting "hobby." Somehow they fell off the map in my purchasing history (replaced by Cru Bojo and the like), but I really should have stick with them. These wines were (maybe yet remain ) incredible values. They had a serious sense of place with that RdD dustiness. This wine has held up very nicely. It's certainly fully mature. The mature, partwise oxidized strawberry component on the fore palate is impressive and makes a unique and thankful counterpoint to the still drying tannin presence. There's good body and roasted coffee bean with other tertiary complexities. The wine didn't fall to pieces open over a couple nights. It's held its own through the years,and, again, reminds me of my 2nd-ish wine region crush.

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• dwood Likes this wine: 93 points

  September 20, 2015 - Wow wine
  
  Inky black, polished.
  Intense black fruit on nose, long finish fine tannins.
  palate rounded, silky, blackberries
  Just as good 3rd day
  Structure refined
  serve cool.
  kept in cellar for 7 years
  
  buy more

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• lolo66 wrote:

  July 17, 2015 - last bottle of this from a purchase from a different time of buying wine for me. This opened a bit tarry and heavy handed - like a one noted aglianico. The wine is a very dark purple and there are some roasted extracted elements lurking, but in the end and with ample air this was serviceable and fine. I would drink these up and with a 30 minute decant enjoy it. Right now, after a day in fridge and last glass, it has a bit of coffee, espresso roasted grape but with a touch of acidity to keep it in check. Fine, but ultimately not a re buy.

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• SexyEpicurean wrote:

  June 5, 2015 - Not a stunner, I think maybe on the way down now and past prime. Didn't do much for me and I really like this producer. I was hoping that holding this a decade would yield some dividends, but disappointed. Still drinkable but just meh. I would drink up --and maybe decant? (I didn't)

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• gesusser wrote: 93 points

  December 24, 2013 - 2 hour decant an then time in the decanter allowed this deep red to really open up into a smooth, rich long legged delicious with tapas

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type Red
• Producer Finca Villacreces
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero
• UPC Code 805109181168

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• In Cellars 153 (45%)
• Consumed 190 (55%)

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