Community Tasting Note

beachnic wrote:

Monday, June 30, 2008 - Love the nose on the Marques de Riscals. Earthy and leathery. Very good food wine. Nice concentration with soft but chewey tannins and good acidity. Nice balance. Delicous and slightly sweet juice but never too sweet (in balance). I've tried much more expensive Rioja's but alot are overextracted and sweet or not that complex in smell or taste. I like the Rhone characteristics of this. I like the mouthfeel and taste as well. More interesting than the Muga.

After an hour decant this is delicous.This is more ripe than I realized. I heard this was a hot year and believe it. Nice slightly chewey tannins and decent acidity mask the ripeness at first. I'm not so sure this isn't as good as the previous couple of vintages. Should age well. I think this is an excellent Value at $16/bottle and would highly recommend. 90+Pts

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