2004 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia
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92 Points
Saturday, September 10, 2016 - Tasted alongside the Ardanza '04.
Much the younger looking and smelling of the two wines, this needed a good couple of hours in the decanter to open up. Purple to ruby, with an at first reticent nose, developing vanilla and old red berries.
As noted before, quite tannic, for Rioja and a quite drying finish.
It's already a good wine, but it's definitely got a great future. My drinking partner and I agreed that they were two different wines, the Ardanza is the more ostentatious, easier if you will, of the two but that they both are equally enjoyable in their own way.
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Comment posted by macaujames:
3/16/2017 12:12:00 PM - This sounds great! I have already had the Tondonia Reserva 95 for Christmas and that was a special tasting experience. I will be uncorking the Tondonia Reserva 2004 at the end of this month. What would you serve with it?
Comment posted by Tannatastic:
3/17/2017 7:17:00 AM - As always with Rioja, my fail-safe option is always lamb.
However, this is still quite a young and tannic wine wine, so possibly would stand up nicely to a good piece of beef.