2004 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia
Community Tasting Note
drwine2001 wrote:
Friday, August 21, 2020 - Light ruby. When first opened, it was lean (completely without texture) and green, with a predominant and aggressive tone of fennel. I was not convinced that time in a decanter would help, but I was wrong. What emerged 4 hours later was a medium bodied wine with a much better mouth feel, blackberry fruit that approached but did not achieve real sweetness, and a firm, earthy, very mineral core. The green had pulled back to a more gentle, high toned menthol. In the end, very good but clearly not an ethereally silky or particularly charming Lopez de Heredia wine. I was really impressed with this in 2016, but 2 subsequent bottles have not been nearly as good. At any rate, I've got two words of advice for anyone opening one over the near term: decant it!
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Comment posted by PSPatrick:
4/23/2021 5:40:00 AM - Thank you for your detailed note! I fully agree on the decanting. A bottle I just opened was marvelous, but I am also noticing significant bottle variation. To a degree that I stopped buying LdH's wines...