2016 La Vizcaína Bierzo La del Vivo Lomas de Valtuille

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  7/23/2023 - S.Wayne Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Blind tasting
  Pale gold, filtered
  Aromatics medium + with some reductive notes. Bruised yellow apple. Green stem and pepper. Minerality. No new oak
  Palate has a medium body. Acid medium +. Moderate phenolics. Alcohol medium +. Lemon and lime. Minerals
  Finish has a medium + length. Balanced. Improved with time in glass. Beautiful.
  Dry glass notes of pepper
  I guessed Verdicchio, 2019
  Drinks well now, but could last years.

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  6/27/2023 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark straw/ light gold color
  Medium plus aromas - gorgeous medium ripe peach/pear and yellow apple notes with yellow florals with reductive flinty notes which blew off with extended time in the glass
  Medium palate with lemon/ lime and green apple notes
  Medium plus/ high acidity and moderate phenolic bitterness and medium alcohol
  Moderate length led by acidity and phenolics
  Really nice wine and quite complex
  Drink now or hold 3-5 yrs

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  6/5/2021 - vintage_whine wrote:

  razor sharp acidity throws this out of balance. and perhaps this bottle was slightly corked, but that level of acid easily can lead one to overstate the vegetal/underripe tree fruit notes. 1-dimensional for now, not terribly complex

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  8/7/2020 - S.Wayne Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Single blind tasting
  Straw with lemon reflections
  Aromatics medium +. Initially subtle oil/exhaust that quickly leg to minerality and spice. Subtle oak. Tertiary green herbs in the dry glass.
  Palate medium. Acid medium +, horizontal. Phenolics medium. Alcohol medium. Lemon and yellow apple. Secondary of bitter almond. Has a tight "tension" to the palate.
  Finish has medium length with balance towards the phenolics
  I would wait a few years. I suspect this wine will become beautiful over time, but not drink now.

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  8/7/2020 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark straw/ light gold color - daybright
  Medium plus aromas of Meyer lemon/ yellow apple with hint of dank MJ and high toned minerality and light oak spice - quite intriguing
  Medium plus palate of ripe lemon and pear with somewhat oily texture
  High acidity and medium plus phenolic bitterness here
  Medium plus finish and medium alcohol
  Theres alot going on here - I think this needs 3-5 yrs to shine

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