1942 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran Reserva
Community Tasting Note
dcwino wrote:
Monday, November 11, 2019 - Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran Reserva tasting (Boqueria Penn Quarter, Washington D.C.): Unbelievably youthful black color and the nose and palate clearly reflect. Incredibly youthful yet complex nose displaying intense concentrated black fruit, blackberry, a hint of cassis, black cherry, dark milky chocolate, leather, a hint of sous bois, tobacco, black truffle, cinnamon and earth. Exceptional concentration, layers upon layers of concentrated black fruit, mindbogglingly rich, silky and polished, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a seamless long concentrated rich black fruit driven finish with tobacco at the end. It is so darn youthful yet there is a richness of very old wine. Incredible showing.
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Comment posted by JEP007:
12/16/2020 8:33:00 AM - Thank you for your review. I just pulled the trigger on a bottle for a special occasion. When you had the tasting, did you hear if the winery recorked this wine or was this the original bottling? It's hard to imagine that a wine from 1942 was youthfully black in color.
Comment posted by dcwino:
12/16/2020 5:14:00 PM - Perhaps you can contact Mannie Berk whether the wine was recorked. I am quite confident that it is not doctored. I found it is so darn youthful yet also very rich which I only find in very old wines.
Comment posted by JEP007:
12/17/2020 7:01:00 AM - Will do, thank you.