Community Tasting Notes 15

• drwine2001 wrote:

  May 21, 2023 - A Tasting of 1964 Gran Reserva Rioja and Even Older White Rioja! (Los Gatos, California): Smoky, camphor-filled aromas to start. Lovely light weight, more soil than black fruit, a bit of cocoa, and again, very high acidity. Its elegance shines through and the length is excellent, but the fruit comes up short and the finish is marred by sourness from the overbalanced acidity.

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• Oysteih Likes this wine:

  July 28, 2022 - At Zuberoa San Sebastian. Medium ruby, paler towards the rim. Tobacco, cedar, meatiness, some spices. Very high acid level, but still well balanced,light tannins and a long finish.

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• querilant Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 24, 2021 - No comment necessary. This is sooooo good for a 57 year old wine. 1964 best Rioja year ever!!! . Beautiful color. No oxidation at all. Nose still full of fruit, vanilla, chocolate and earth. Somewhat smokey. Palate like it was put in the bottle a couple of years ago. 93 points

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• Bandreas Likes this wine:

  March 6, 2021 - Very translucent garnet red, showing some "rust" at the edges.
  On the nose a bit of camphor, leather dust and fading rose petals; some acidity lurking in the background, but not obtrusive or disturbing.
  On the palate soft, ethereal with some dusty tannins and -surprisingly - after some exposure to air, some grassy notes at the end.
  This wine was more interesting than enjoyable; certainly not in the same league as the 52 Berberana we drank the night before...

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• andtheodor wrote: 91 points

  December 12, 2018 - Perfectly intact, if appropriately faded for its age. Excellent fill and color, showing a lot of vanilla perfume, cedar, sandalwood. Shy fruit and very little sweetness but was invigorated by some rosemary beef and tagliatelle. Classic and pretty tasty.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1964
• Type Red
• Producer Federico Paternina
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Gran Reserva
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja

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• Pending Delivery 5 (4%)
• In Cellars 55 (43%)
• Consumed 67 (53%)

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