2004 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia

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5 comments have been posted

• Comment posted by ericindc:

  5/19/2019 6:56:00 PM - Did you get a bad bottle? Shocked that his would be too old. Its only 15 yrs old!

• Comment posted by ProperClaret:

  5/19/2019 7:13:00 PM - I’m afraid you either had a bad bottle, or you didn’t give it enough air. LdH this young needs a minimum, a very bare minimum, of 4 hours, but six is best. Prior to that it will taste thin and watery. But a good bottle of this excellent vintage won’t actually be past it’s prime until at least 2040, and even the will give pleasure for another 15 years. Yes, that long.

• Comment posted by johnnyrichardson:

  5/20/2019 4:46:00 AM - What they said....LdH don't normally release these until they are more than a decade old so "past its prime" just doesn't make sense! Maybe a faulty bottle? I tasted one of mine mid-2018 and figured it needed at least another 4 years or so, but there is certainly bottle variation with this producer..

• Comment posted by SteveG:

  5/20/2019 7:48:00 AM - Good day! As others have noted, you may have had a bad bottle, or you may simply not like the style, but this wine is certainly not past its prime. LdH releases wines at the beginning of their (typically, very long) drinking window. The current release is 2006, for example; 2004 is still widely available at very near its original release price.

• Comment posted by Pluecht:

  5/20/2019 10:06:00 AM - I looked for prior notes on this vintage as i have a few bottles left and remember it having a lot more character. Maybe you guys are correct just a bad bottle. It wasn’t corked and it wasn't any better day 2. Thin, lite and generally not very interesting.
  
  Try one of yours and let me know what you think.