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• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  February 27, 2023 - A single-vineyard Toro made with fruit sourced from the ungrafted 4,8-hectare Teso de los Carriles cru, where even the youngest vines are planted over 120 years ago. Cold-soaked for five days prior to the fermentation, fermented and macerated with the skins in 2000-liter oak vats for three to four weeks, then moved into new French oak barrels for MLF. After MLF the wine is racked (again) into new French oak barrels and aged for 20 months on the lees. After this 200% new oak treatment, the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered. 14,5% alcohol. Total production 3750 bottles.
  
  Somewhat translucent and slightly evolved dark cherry-red color. The nose feels surprisingly reticent with understated aromas of ripe dark fruits and sweet dark berries, some ferrous notes of blood, light Porty tones of dried dark fruits and boozy alcohol, a little bit of evolved meaty character, a volatile hint of nail polish and a touch of fig jam. The wine feels broad, chewy and extracted on the palate with a full body and very ripe flavors of sweet strawberries and savory spices, some raisiny tones, a little bit of blackcurrant marmalade, light pruney tones, a hint of overripe black cherry and a touch of game. The wine feels pretty balanced with its moderately high acidity and ripe medium tannins, but the overall feel is quite soft and gentle for a Numanthia wine. The high alcohol lends some noticeable warmth to the palate. The finish is rich, dense and chewy with gently grippy tannins and a long, sweet-toned aftertaste of wizened dark plums, some savory notes of meaty umami, a little bit of dried figs, light raisiny tones, a hint of balsamic VA and a woody touch of dry oak spice.
  
  A very big, noticeably ripe and slightly clumsy but still relatively balanced Termanthia that feels like it is on its plateau of maturity at 21½ years of age. The nose feels quite understated and structurally the wine is pretty soft and gentle, so after two more impressive vintages of Termanthia (2005 and 2004) this 2001 seemed like a bit lesser wine in comparison. Not a bad wine per se, just lacking a bit in depth and intensity - which is not necessarily a bad thing in itself, considering how Termanthia is just way too big a wine for my preference!

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• Frank Schneider wrote: 91 points

  February 21, 2022 - Monolitic and one dimensional. Good spanish but not worth the money

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• skurtz Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 5, 2020 - 26 days on lockdown. Opened to breathe for 1-3h sampling throughout. This is a big hefty intense red wine, mineral, baking spices (cinnamon?), alcohol on the nose, the palate is a slam of bright red cherries, mineral, pepper, acid, still some chewy tannins, and a long spicy finish. Velvet intensity, mouth filling, superb. Tonight with grilled smoked chicken.

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• skurtz Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 1, 2020 - Opened to breathe for 3h, followed by 2h in a decanter. Wow, this is a big wine. Huge nose of oak, mineral, red fruit, vanilla, faint baking spices like cinnamon. On the palate, Bright red and black fruit, tons of spices, mouth and tooth coating tannins, long finish. Not subtle at all. Tonight with grilled meats, and it paired very well.

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• J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 25, 2018 - One hour decant. Dark and impenetrable color. NO signs of age. Smoky and roasted flavors. Smooth and no where near as rough and tannic as in its youth. Not a fruit driven flavor profile. I can see why someone (hint hint for the FKALBTG people) who hates ripe fruit would like this wine. Meat juices, earthy, herbal spices, long finish. I only had one bottle so I opened it when the whole family was here. I wish I had another one to see it after 5-10 more years. Not at its peak.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2001
• Type Red
• Producer Bodega Numanthia
• Varietal Tinta de Toro
• Designation Termanthia
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Toro

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• Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
• In Cellars 198 (55%)
• Consumed 157 (44%)

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