Community Tasting Notes 4

• thomasjjackson Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 5, 2023 - Deep dark ruby color, violet reflections, long legs; Dark berry fruit, fine tobacco herbal spice, nuances of French precious wood, some nougat and bourbon vanilla. Powerful, complex, sweet cherry fruit, spicy tannins, dark chocolate on the finish, mineral and long-lasting, a luxury Rioja with a modern style - now at peak, enjoy

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• Lemmy-W wrote: 92 points

  July 16, 2023 - perfect with BBQ'd Entrecote

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• StefanVB wrote:

  November 25, 2022 - GP 100 Goede combinatie met rood vlees, wild, boeuf bourguignon, paté, jamón en harde kazen.De optimale drinktemperatuur voor Gaudium gran vino is 16°C Marqués de Cáceres Gran Vino 'Gaudium' 2015 is een blend van 95% tempranillo en 5% graciano. De druiven voor GP "Met een lange levensduur en een prachtige aanwezigheid. Elegante, diepe neus, rijk en harmonieus. Zeer goed mondgevoel, evenwichtig, volle, stevige, stevige tannines, maar zonder pieken. Lekker, lang, complex en elegant in de finish.

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• Juliansi Likes this wine: 90 points

  September 16, 2022 - 100% Tempranillo but the winemakers did such a brilliant job making a modern fresh and not overly oaked Rioja!
  
  Prepped with 1.5 hours in the decanter, then 1 hour of bottle breathing.
  
  Dark and dense, nearly purplish hues, the notes are rich cherries and blackfruit, with chocolate snd light pepper too. Med-long finish.
  
  Fooled all the Vivino masters and Col as well as new friend SH, at dinner.. as most thought CS or Merlot, and thus Bdx or Super Tuscan! SH got it right on his second guess though.. Spanish!
  
  Vineyards are 70 to 100 years old meaning some are actually from plots with vines which are pre-phylloxera.
  
  Elevation is varied but relatively high at between 400 and 650m in Rioja Alta and up to 740m in Rioja Alavesa.
  
  Aged for a minimum of 2 years in the bottle at the winery before the market launch back in Christmas 2019.
  
  With sufficient prep this Rioja is ready to be enjoyed this year or in 2023, its quite a find and not one which I often come across.
  
  Tannins are already polished, and I appreciated the fermentation in primarily new French fine grain oak barrels which were medium roasted. This seemed not to overly disguise or mask the wine with vanilla and oak.
  
  Instead I found this to have vibrant fruit notes and what I would describe as a modern take on Rioja.
  
  Starling Mall Damansara, Malaysia - 16 Sep 2022

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Marqués de Cáceres
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Gaudium Gran Vino
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Rioja

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