Community Tasting Notes 23

• M.Batard wrote: 93 points

  January 15, 2023 - Red fruity with peppery and leather notes. Tannins fully integrated, which was important as we paired it with cevapi (Balkan) finger sausages and gingery chicken, so generally spicy dinner. Marvelous.

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• robmatic wrote: 94 points

  July 31, 2022 - OK, now that was a terrific bottle. Vibrant, scintillating, juicy. Tons of earth, underbrush, bloody meat. Worth the wait.

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• pavel_p Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 6, 2020 - Bought recently two magnum (is this wine only bottled in magnum?) and was curious to try as I still vividly remember an outstanding bottle of the 82 Janus Reserva a few years back. Quick double decant at home and took to a dinner. Initially a strange, chemical off smell on the nose which however disappeared with more air. Fairly rich but with nicely balancing acidity, not overripe in my eyes, dark fruit, just a touch of chocolate, leather, initially tannins quite present but soften quickly with more air. Good length.
  Nice wine, if anything would wish for a bit more delineation as this feels very soft.

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• fc1910 Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 10, 2019 - Second MAg of this evening, again from the iberian Peninsula, WOW, this stunning fragrance of very rich dark fruit, superb richness on the palate, all this with a great elegant flow, fruitforward, but a lot of mineralic hints in the background, graphite, this bottle is reminiscent of a fine Pauillac, in its very prime now, but no way flabby, even with the long aeration over this evening this wine keeps fresh and energetic, long convincing finish, a great bottle to enjoy, highly recommended! ****-(*****)

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• TMN wrote: 93 points

  December 26, 2018 - On christmas eavening from the magnum bottle. Soft and full in taste. ready to drink, will be fine in the next years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Alejandro Fernández
• Varietal Tempranillo
• Designation Millenium Reserva
• Vineyard Pesquera
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero
• UPC Code 8423339920023

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• In Cellars 180 (60%)
• Consumed 118 (40%)

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