Community Tasting Notes 11

• sonofabacchus Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 10, 2019 - I am astonished with the unexpected quality here. I paid ten bucks for this a long time ago and forgot about it in my cellar. Consensus was to drink by 2012. Popped and just poured. Thick honey nose and outstanding color. Loam and berry notes hit the mid-palate instantly. Long finish. A hint of petit verdot also. Had I tasted this blind, I would have run through quite a number of high quality above $40 bottles. The demerit is the acidity which seems awkwardly out of place in its development. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves in the glass over an hour or two and in the bottle overnight. I would have given it a few more points had the acidity been more appropriate.

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• srh Likes this wine:

  November 17, 2018 - Winebar [4 Whites, 8 Reds, & 4 *shared* bottles] from 11/16/18] (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): THANK you for sharing this, Esther! :)
  
  N: MATURE, "natural" oxygenation*; LOTS there, but tough to parse
  
  P: LM body; NICE, ALMOST swtish "frt" NICELY counterbalanced by an acidity which slowly, fairly seamlessly, transitions into a LONG finish with a tangy/swtness to the few, very, VERY fine, firming tannins. Drinking BEAUIIFULLY, & should hold for another 3 or 4 yrs, I'd guess. [*Some, however, felt showing signs of oxidation.] 13.5% ABV; My EXC. 84 pts WS (Tasted: 15-Oct-2009) & Bronze @ '09 Decanter World Wine Awards.

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• MichaelMA wrote: 82 points

  September 29, 2010 - Cherry and cedar on the nose and up front on the pallet, with smooth tannins and an okay finish. The wine, however, looses major points for having a pretty much absent mid-pallet. Light body overall.

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• Barry Notes wrote: 85 points

  July 12, 2010 - A nice everyday Rioja. Good nose and balance. Great value.

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• oc wrote: 84 points

  May 9, 2010 - Lighter red, medium body and finish, cherries, framboise, and charcoal for a well structures mfinish

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Altanza
• Varietal Tempranillo
• Designation Dominio de Heredia
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja
• UPC Code 8436011560776

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• In Cellars 8 (25%)
• Consumed 24 (75%)

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