Community Tasting Notes 11

• Stefan75 wrote: 92 points

  November 30, 2021 - From DMag, 4h decant, lots of cherry & red current on the nose, definitely modern but to me neither the "monster" described on CT previously nor a 98 Parker Rioja. A bit overextracted but we did not feel the alcohol nor the hot year 2004 too much. For me somewhat similar to an Aalto PS. A lot of sediment in the bottle! Group preferred the Artadi Pison 1999 though...

  Comment

• winot wrote: 87 points

  May 3, 2017 - Hmm - my experience is quite markedly different than most others, so not sure what to make of that...Bottle now opened for two hours - very firmly in the cherry camp, but it is also very dry and a titch tannic, so I'm going all-in on it aging gracefully and becoming a swan, cuz as it is right now, it ain't worth $192 - youthful medium deep ruby w purple highlights - high toned cherry nose, very dry entry, crisp cherry fruit, somewhat drying tannins - high acidity - no richness, this bottle is drinking like a modestly priced Barbera d'Asti. Hopefully bottle variation, I'll keep the other for a decade and hope.

  Comment

• jpjvino Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 23, 2015 - Simply exquisite Tempranillo expression.......will leave you craving more....

  Comment

• never oenough wrote: 90 points

  February 9, 2014 - Great wine, but not my style of Rioja. Maybe in another ten years it will have relaxed more, but it is still drinking very young and too concentrated for my personal taste.

  Comment

• aegerter Does not like this wine: 85 points

  March 1, 2013 - This wine to me is the so gets biggest blunder of Robert Parker. Actually his blunder is letting Jay Miller publishing under his brand. He has hyped so many 2004 Spanish wines into the stratosphere with corresponding controversy and this is probably the starkest example. It's a wine that was made to taste well from the barrel, now after 8 years it's still a tannic mouthful, but everything is out of place and there is no harmony at all. For something rated 98 points its a colossal disappointment. The only reconciliation is that the market price also doesn't correspond to a 98 rating, so the market is somewhat efficient after all and the Parker brand not omniscient.
  PS: don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of him (but not Jay Miller)

  Comment

Pro Reviews 1

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Benjamin Romeo
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation La Vina De Andres Romeo
• Vineyard Liende
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Rioja

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 7 (1%)
• In Cellars 348 (63%)
• Consumed 195 (35%)

Food Pairing

Who Likes This Wine

More About This Wine