2011 Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (79) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  2/9/2024 - elevwine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Coming off 2010 vintage, you knew ‘11 would disappoint. One-off purchase on release in 2016, I basically lost this in my cellar. Muga usually outperforms the vintage and this is no exception. Old world style. Still powerful on day 2, even with just a vacuum seal. Generous cherry and red currant fruit, plenty of bric and herbal notes. Maybe a tiny bit of bricking, but with proper cellaring another 10 years should be no issue. Sorry to see you go, but you outperformed your price.

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  8/16/2023 - redz wrote: 90 Points

  Smooth, lightly oaked. Fruit a little muted, but stood up to taco Tuesday. good food wine.

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  5/2/2022 - Yagil wrote: 91 Points

  Non-BX varieties from Mediterranean countries (at my home): med+ intensity red-ruby
  med- aromas and flavors intensity of ripe vivid red ripe cherries fruits, oak-vanilla, veggie spices, earth, tea leaves
  developing
  dry, high acidity, med tannins, med abv, med+ body, good complexity, rich red fruits flavors, pleasant spiciness,
  can drink now - suitable for further aging
  
  20 hours later:
  still young and fresh
  requires further aging

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  4/18/2022 - ccarter5181 wrote: 90 Points

  Excellent overall and drinking very well now on short decant. Dark fruit with some subtle spices. Oak is well integrated, nicely balanced overall.

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  3/11/2022 - Addeatum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  The wine was dark crimson but was clearly starting to brick as I poured it into the Riedel duck. It had the nose of a dark, primal mushroom forest floor. I was drawn in. Soft and supple on the tongue with just enough acidity to keep it fresh despite its obvious age. Stewed plums/prunes mixed with just a hint of nutmeg dark hints of passing fruit. Soft but present tannins. What a lovely wine. Sooo worth the wait. But don't wait longer, the time is now. Looking for more and younger Mugas to buy for the future

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