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• steinersing wrote: 88 points

  September 10, 2022 - Slightly oxidized bottle but still quite nice with acidity keeping the balance. Another bottle some TCA but fresher.

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• yodamark Likes this wine: 100 points

  March 2, 2021 - In total agreement with other reviews here. this wine is monumental. A phantasmagorical drinking experience and one of the best wines in the world from 1942. Spanish rioja ( tempranillo) at its pure best. Other worldly. A low shoulder bottle and like the 47 Hunter River Claret expectations were low but i knew this wine had previous great reviews. And boy did it perform. Whilst i was enjoying the rarity and curiosity of the 47 , this came into the glass alongside it and burst out of it like a hot stripper from a birthday cake . it immediately denounced the efforts of the 47 next to it as a simpleton and new world loser and showed its old world heritage class including, i well suspect, sticking it right up the noses of any good 42 Bordeaux or Barolo. it oozed full bodied flavor, structure, sweet fruit, spices, i cant even describe it. and its not that important in writing down all the different wonderful facets of the wine , just find a bottle, pay anything for it and give yourself an oral orgasm..
  certainly in the top 10 wines ive ever had. An amazing opportunity. thanks Marky

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• Harley1199 Likes this wine: 98 points

  May 9, 2016 - Classic to the Bone (Restaurant Horcher - Madrid): An extraordinary bottle.
  A bright ruby color, with complexity on the nose and a smooth, delicate and delicious acidity on the palate. Super fragrant yet savoury.
  We did not want to finish the bottle ... eternal. Harmony. True devotion for a work done 74 years ago.
  It is very difficult to find bottles like this, you really believe that?
  
  Una botella extraordinaria.
  De un brillante color rubí, con una inmensa complejidad en nariz y una acidez suave y delicada y deliciosa. Muy fragante y aún así sabrosa.
  No queríamos terminar la botella...eterna. Con armonía. Auténtica devoción por el trabajo realizado hace 74 años.
  Es muy difícil encontrar botellas como esta, ¿de verdad te crees eso?

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• etyc Likes this wine:

  November 13, 2015 - Another amazing (in the sense that it's well alive) bottle. Mind-boggling to think that this was bottled during WW2... Tea-leaves, herbs & mushrooms on the nose. With air, red-fruits, spice, leather & smoke emerged on the palate. Truly amazing how long these Riojas last!

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• tinybubbles Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 24, 2015 - A great example of what older tempranillo can be. Complex nose of wine cellar mustiness, stewed red and dark fruits, dry earth, old leather, dried mushrooms, and sweet spices. Palate has slightly less to offer but is quite vibrant for a 70 year old wine. Bottle was in fantastic condition. No decant, consumed over three hours.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1942
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Riojanas
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Viña Albina Reserva
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region La Rioja
• SubRegion La Rioja Alta
• Appellation Rioja

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• Pending Delivery 1 (3%)
• In Cellars 21 (57%)
• Consumed 15 (41%)

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