agree with others -- funky at the start. By the second night it was a much better wine. The score reflects that experience. Hard to rate this one, though. Have some more bottles...
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Some crazy funk the first day - set it aside for 2 days and it was drinking much smoother, with rounded fruit and no funk. Funny wine - would only buy again for when I had the patience to leave it open for a couple days...
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Initially opens promisingly with intense cedar and bramble berries. Strangely moves in a feral chicken-coop direction with air. Kind of like a low/mid range Mourvedre, funky without complexity or finesse. Not unbalanced on the palate, but somewhat flat. A real tooth stainer despite having moderate tannic structure. A bit over-worked perhaps?
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9/19/2021 - LightDancer wrote: 88 Points
Nose better than in the mouth. Nothing wrong, just undistinguished.
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6/27/2021 - LightDancer wrote: 88 Points
Much more integrated over a year ago. A bit too generic for a good Rioja. Fruit-forward, medium bodied wine. Better with food.
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7/29/2020 - LightDancer wrote: flawed
agree with others -- funky at the start. By the second night it was a much better wine. The score reflects that experience. Hard to rate this one, though. Have some more bottles...
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12/15/2015 - rednaxela83 wrote: 87 Points
Some crazy funk the first day - set it aside for 2 days and it was drinking much smoother, with rounded fruit and no funk. Funny wine - would only buy again for when I had the patience to leave it open for a couple days...
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11/4/2014 - Cabfrancophile wrote: 83 Points
Initially opens promisingly with intense cedar and bramble berries. Strangely moves in a feral chicken-coop direction with air. Kind of like a low/mid range Mourvedre, funky without complexity or finesse. Not unbalanced on the palate, but somewhat flat. A real tooth stainer despite having moderate tannic structure. A bit over-worked perhaps?
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