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1996 Bodegas Montecillo Rioja Gran Reserva
Tempranillo
- Spain
- La Rioja
- Rioja
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Community Tasting Notes 32
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Madera16 Likes this wine:
January 20, 2024 - Incredible color for almost 30 years — still quite ruby on PnP. Broad, open oak spice, welcoming, warm. Excellent with beef stew. Maybe not terribly complex, but still very enjoyable.
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Anna@WineCellar Likes this wine: 93 points
November 11, 2022 - Red with brownish edge, medium(-) intensity. Mature nose with dill seeds and oak. In mouth, a velvet texture and interwoven flavours with pronounced lovely dried, still fresh, fruit and vanilla sweet oak. 13%. Almost eternal length. Mature and so full of life! Fabulous!
Follows over five days. Day 5, just some more of the dried fruit. And the velvet has turned in to silk. Lovely. -
Acohen Likes this wine: 90 points
November 10, 2021 - Dark cherry and earth
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Pat Morabito wrote: 89 points
July 11, 2015 - Decant for at least 2 hours
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rustyRudy Does not like this wine: 80 points
November 19, 2013 - To my taste a little old, too funky and also just not my style.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type Red
- Producer Bodegas Montecillo
- Varietal Tempranillo
- Designation Gran Reserva
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region La Rioja
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Rioja
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 177 (51%)
- Consumed 172 (49%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
80% Like It 5 votes
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- ProducerBodegas Montecillo
- VarietyTempranillo
- DesignationGran Reserva
- CountrySpain
- RegionLa Rioja
- AppellationRioja
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