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• Mads.b.v wrote: 89 points

  December 19, 2023 - Mørk frugt og masser af træ. Savner lidt friskhed

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• KimberJ Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 1, 2021 - Fruit forward. Tannic. Earthy
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• Sdbullion Does not like this wine: 68 points

  February 20, 2021 - Another Victim of 2020

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• srh Likes this wine:

  December 28, 2019 - Spanish Reds [ALL @ the least Tempranillo "Blends": 4-Riojas & 2-Castilla y León] (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): “A joint venture between Tempos Vega Sicilia & the Compagnie Vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild, with the philosophy to offer a modern & unique vision of Rioja following the Bordeaux model of a 1st & 2nd wine. 40 yr old Tempranillo, planted @ 3,333 plants/ha, which yielded 3,500 kg/ha (handpicked to 12 kg cases) from 92 ha in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, Labastida, Ábalos, & El Villar @ 550 m elev; It is produced in s/s casks; part of malolactic fermentation in oak; new oak & single-use barrels, ageing for 12-14 mos determined only by the characteristics of the vintage. It later sits in bottle for >18 mos. 70,928 Bordeaux bottles, 1,042 Magnums, 62 Double Magnums, & 22 Imperials produced & bottled May 2017.”
  
  N: Smoky toast with berries (poss earth?) way underneath; Intensity lurking?
  
  P: LM body; Rndish entry with NICE, ALMOST swtish frt fairly quickly met by an astringent pucker which stays within hailing distance of the init frt as it morphs into a LONG, BALANCED finish with a potentially elegant tangy/swtness to the dusty tannins. NEEDS through '21, then easily making its 10th. Nicely done. 14.5% ABV; My EXC-/EXC, the higher likely... eventually. 95 pts Tim Atkin (1/1/18), 94 Suckling (12/’18), 93 WA (6/’19), & 16/20 Jancis Robinson (Hemming, 12/3/18). [This vendor's $46.95 puts it in the TOP quartile of wine-searcher's limited, but SKEWED, postings.]
  
  FYI, the U.S. Importer [cf. the link within the "Producer Article" section of this pg], has an educative piece on this joint project, from which the ff'ing is a snippet: “The style of the wines is certainly not ‘traditional’ Rioja – after trials, they decided against AM oak – but the style is not modern ‘alto expresión’ either. Perhaps the term neoclassical is most apt, with complex mineral-infused fruit & discreet oak influences, underpinned by a fine but firm structure.”

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• englishman's claret wrote: 92 points

  October 28, 2019 - No shrinking violet here - huge nose, full of raspberry, lipstick, oak, and herb. So big, plush, polished, and deep. Warm and tannic in the mouth with a richly fruited finish. 70% new oak. 92-93, but how much of that is its beguiling finish that seems to tower over the rest of the component parts?

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Benjamin de Rothschild & Vega Sicilia
• Varietal Tempranillo
• Designation Macan Clásico
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Rioja
• UPC Codes 8437013426527, 8437013426725

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• In Cellars 469 (61%)
• Consumed 297 (39%)

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