4/16/2018 8:05:00 PM - Thanks for the encouraging note on this obscure wine. Judging by your notes, you know and love Rioja! Can you elaborate a bit...I would appreciate it. I have a few bottles and have drank not a one...Cheers!
4/17/2018 9:01:00 AM - Sorry for lack of detail. Drank last week and this was the only bottle of this that I had. For me this is perfectly in the drinking window. Tannins are beautifully integrated, but there is still good fruit and mid-palate depth. This is a darker modern style of Rioja with graphite and oak tones. If you have several I would start drinking now.
Comment posted by Purple Tooth:
4/16/2018 8:05:00 PM - Thanks for the encouraging note on this obscure wine. Judging by your notes, you know and love Rioja! Can you elaborate a bit...I would appreciate it. I have a few bottles and have drank not a one...Cheers!
Comment posted by adipovino:
4/17/2018 9:01:00 AM - Sorry for lack of detail. Drank last week and this was the only bottle of this that I had. For me this is perfectly in the drinking window. Tannins are beautifully integrated, but there is still good fruit and mid-palate depth. This is a darker modern style of Rioja with graphite and oak tones. If you have several I would start drinking now.