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Community Tasting Notes 36
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grub94 wrote:
September 17, 2021 - Served blind with Burgundies and Oregon Pinots. This was a night when we tasted 22 great wines. No one suspected this was not an older Burg! WOTN when all was said and done. Tremendous youth for its age, still showing some acidity. Complete range of tertiary qualities from leather to roasted mushrooms to earth and cigar box, Still some black cherry, hint of rhubarb. Glad to have a couple more.
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LoireFan wrote: flawed
August 21, 2019 - Corked and sherry-like. :(
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europat55 wrote: 94 points
January 13, 2019 - Nose: A- Palate: A-/A
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Burgundy Al wrote: 88 points
September 8, 2018 - Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind Spanish Wine (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL): Subdued aromas, somewhat tired. Better flavors with dried red cherry and slowly cooked mushroom. Good depth with a sweet, charming finish. This 2nd bottle didn't seem to have the same level of fruit as the 1st (corked) bottle, but at least it was not corked.
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Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
September 8, 2018 - Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind Spanish Wine (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL): First bottle corked, sadly given good underlying fruit at this age.
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By Richard Jennings
1/25/2015 (link) 97 points(Berberana Rioja Gran Reserva) Bricked medium red violet color; very aromatic, mature, tobacco, dill nose; silky textured, tart red currant, dill, ripe cranberry, light menthol, strawberry palate; medium-plus finish (best bottle of this I've tried by far)
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By Richard Jennings
1/27/2013 (link) 94 points(Berberana Rioja Gran Reserva) Bricked medium red orange color with pale meniscus; very appealing, dried cherry, cigar box, dried tobacco, dried orange, ginger cake, hibiscus nose; delicious, mature, dried cherry, tobacco, dill, olive, hibiscus palate; long finish
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By Richard Jennings
8/14/2012 (link) 92 points(Berberana Rioja Gran Reserva) Bricked medium red violet color with pale meniscus; very mature, mushroom, dried orange, cranberry nose; mature, dried orange, dried cherry, cranberry, dill palate with medium acidity; could go 8+ years; medium-plus finish 92+ points
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1950
- Type Red
- Producer Berberana
- Varietal Tempranillo Blend
- Designation Gran Reserva
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region La Rioja
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Rioja
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
- In Cellars 60 (53%)
- Consumed 52 (46%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerBerberana
- VarietyTempranillo Blend
- DesignationGran Reserva
- CountrySpain
- RegionLa Rioja
- AppellationRioja
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- CountrySpain
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- AppellationRioja