Community Tasting Notes 5

• cincybt Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 19, 2023 - We liked it, but…. It’s hard to describe how intense and acidic this was, not to mention brain-sucking dry, even more so than barolo. Felt like high alcohol but was only 14%. Yet there was something still enjoyable with sharp berry flavors and some cedar notes. Mystifying. My guess is we consumed it 10 years too early. We drink the 2015 and 2016 Reserva often and love it, so was a bit taken aback by The Penas Aladas.

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• Irish_Wine Likes this wine: 96 points

  April 5, 2023 - Showing some development with garnet hue at the rim of the glass, the 2013 Peñas Aladas presents a dark but elegant nose. Expressive aromas of black cherry, blackberry, roasted meat, nutmeg and black truffle waft out of the glass. Powerful and refined on the palate with incredible freshness and a long lasting finish. Drinking very well now but will continue to develop. Beautiful wine.
  
  WSET notes:
  
  Deep garnet.
  
  Pronounced on the nose with black cherry, blackberry, cedar, smoke, meat, forest floor and truffle. Developing.
  
  Pronounced and dry on the palate. High acidity, medium plus body, medium alcohol, high tannins, long finish.
  
  Can drink now but has potential for ageing.

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• levicn wrote: 92 points

  May 29, 2022 - 瓶醒两个半小时，深宝石红色，闻香烤芝麻味浓郁，然后是红果和奶油味，入口酸度中高，单宁紧致，颗粒十分细腻，芝麻味混合着红果香气，后段有些酒精感，余味奶香味和红苹果香气。可能是闻香太棒，觉得口感稍微逊色一些，酒体比上2013略瘦一点，刚开始喝后段的香气掉得有点快，随着杯中醒酒，状态有提升，多了些烟熏质感，口中香气也更加复杂。

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• chatters wrote:

  October 21, 2020 - Spanish Tasting (Bistro Cocotte, Haberfield): Plenty of very polished oak initially, a touch of struck match, ripe but pretty blackberry, sweet spice, alcohol warmth and a smidge of sour red berries on the nose. Softly juicy berried fruits then plenty of persistent, drying silky textured tannins and a fair whack of alcohol. That oak is very present here as well from a flavour perspective. The fruit does persist with the alcohol - almost like blackberry compote with a like of vodka. I think I understand what they're trying to do - there is the basis of elegance here but all that alcohol and oak...perhaps it just needs time?

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• Eric Guido Likes this wine: 96 points

  September 8, 2018 - The Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva Penas Aladas is dark and intense, showing animal musk, crushed stone, and dark soil tones backed by notes of herbal-infused blackberry, blueberry, wild flowers, and hints of tangerine. On the palate, I'm finding silky, creamy textures with zesty spiced red fruits, lavender, saline-minerality and inner soil tones. It's as if the nose transposes perfectly to the palate. The finish is long, showing saturating black cherry and a salty flourish, with a coating of fine tannin. I am amazed by how intense and layered, yet fresh the ‘13 Gran Reserva is today.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Dominio del Aguila
• Varietal Tempranillo
• Designation Gran Reserva
• Vineyard Penas Aladas
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero

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• In Cellars 69 (84%)
• Consumed 13 (16%)

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