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Manage Subscriptions2016 La Vizcaína Bierzo La del Vivo Lomas de Valtuille
White Blend
- Spain
- Castilla y León
- Bierzo
Community Tasting Notes 7
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S.Wayne Likes this wine: 92 points
July 23, 2023 - Blind tasting
Pale gold, filtered
Aromatics medium + with some reductive notes. Bruised yellow apple. Green stem and pepper. Minerality. No new oak
Palate has a medium body. Acid medium +. Moderate phenolics. Alcohol medium +. Lemon and lime. Minerals
Finish has a medium + length. Balanced. Improved with time in glass. Beautiful.
Dry glass notes of pepper
I guessed Verdicchio, 2019
Drinks well now, but could last years. -
dsamuel Likes this wine: 92 points
June 27, 2023 - Dark straw/ light gold color
Medium plus aromas - gorgeous medium ripe peach/pear and yellow apple notes with yellow florals with reductive flinty notes which blew off with extended time in the glass
Medium palate with lemon/ lime and green apple notes
Medium plus/ high acidity and moderate phenolic bitterness and medium alcohol
Moderate length led by acidity and phenolics
Really nice wine and quite complex
Drink now or hold 3-5 yrs -
vintage_whine wrote:
June 5, 2021 - razor sharp acidity throws this out of balance. and perhaps this bottle was slightly corked, but that level of acid easily can lead one to overstate the vegetal/underripe tree fruit notes. 1-dimensional for now, not terribly complex
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S.Wayne Likes this wine: 90 points
August 7, 2020 - Single blind tasting
Straw with lemon reflections
Aromatics medium +. Initially subtle oil/exhaust that quickly leg to minerality and spice. Subtle oak. Tertiary green herbs in the dry glass.
Palate medium. Acid medium +, horizontal. Phenolics medium. Alcohol medium. Lemon and yellow apple. Secondary of bitter almond. Has a tight "tension" to the palate.
Finish has medium length with balance towards the phenolics
I would wait a few years. I suspect this wine will become beautiful over time, but not drink now. -
dsamuel Likes this wine: 91 points
August 7, 2020 - Dark straw/ light gold color - daybright
Medium plus aromas of Meyer lemon/ yellow apple with hint of dank MJ and high toned minerality and light oak spice - quite intriguing
Medium plus palate of ripe lemon and pear with somewhat oily texture
High acidity and medium plus phenolic bitterness here
Medium plus finish and medium alcohol
Theres alot going on here - I think this needs 3-5 yrs to shine
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type White
- Producer La Vizcaína
- Varietal White Blend
- Designation La del Vivo
- Vineyard Lomas de Valtuille
- Country Spain
- Region Castilla y León
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Bierzo
- UPC Code 8437008409986
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- In Cellars 26 (35%)
- Consumed 49 (65%)
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