Community Tasting Notes 73

• WST Likes this wine:

  March 2, 2024 - Charity wine pairings to benefit Whatcom Hospice House. (Samish Hill, Bellingham, WA): Smokey cherries come on strong, followed by sweet pipe tobacco, oak spice, licorice. Decades of life left in this one. Gorgeous wine.

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• empire80 Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 25, 2024 - Classic savoury old school Rioja, still a hint of cherry and kirsch, with so many gentle but persistent tertiary savoury and woody notes.

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• Rezy13 Likes this wine:

  July 22, 2022 - $50+ and 10 Year Old Plus Spanish Blind Tasting (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Dull amber crimson see through with large brick rim, old; so much truffle on the nose it's gaudy, tanned leather, soy and late cooked fruit, juicy and fresh acid for the amount of age- assuming, sandalwood, so complex and noble, seemingly ageless, smoked meat, elegant, earthen, old and noble, has to be Rioja but where's the oak?; WOTN by a long way because this was just so well aged and in a perfect place, could have been older in a way but it seems so hard to gauge that with classically styled Gran Reserva; good enough to have won a mondo event; do I need to stash some of these away too?; person who brought this and owned it since release said it perfectly that this is why we age wine and it is so true- I live for these experiences- the hard way but the best way in an era of wine assassins and big game hunters killing pups.

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• JuliannaDHS Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 13, 2022 - Full but elegant. Plenty of red and plum fruit to go with tertriary elements.

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• ricard Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 12, 2022 - For me, the most surprising thing is how youthful this wine is. It's almost 30 years old! Vanilla, cinnamon, full of deeply dense fruit and tobacco leaves and nutmeg. Ridiculously powerful and full of tension and nerve. Profoundly exciting. Even at this venerable age, full of potential and power. Where will this giant of a wine go next? Unbelievable.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España)
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Imperial Gran Reserva
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja
• UPC Codes 8410591000860, 8410591001164

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• In Cellars 527 (56%)
• Consumed 420 (44%)

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