Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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    12/28/2022 - wrote: 90 Points

    Served blind, seemed Bordeaux-like to me and much younger. Grippy black cherry and berry with plenty of fruit and earth on good combination. Not the most complex wine, but easy to enjoy.

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    9/11/2022 - wrote:

    Lightly brown reddish color.
    On the nose and the palate the wine presents itself well and well preserved for a Crianza.
    It becomes better and gains volume on being exposed to the air and warming up.
    I like it Will probably still hold another 5 to 10 years.

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    5/6/2022 - wrote:

    Labeled as Crianza. Tasted blind.

    Dark, very evolved and almost fully opaque reddish-brown color. Aged, dusty and slightly pungent nose with aromas of dusty attic, some mushroomy tones, a little bit of old wood, light earthy notes, a hint of beef jerky and a touch of chanterelle. The wine is dry, old and quite restrained on the palate with a medium body and somewhat tired and dusty flavors of beef jerky, some sour cherry bitterness, a little bit of wizened cranberry, light pruney notes, tertiary hints of earth and old leather and a ferrous touch of blood. The overall feel is rather firm and structured, thanks to the high acidity and still moderately grippy tannins. The finish is savory, grippy and quite acid-driven with a long, dry aftertaste of crunchy cranberries, some sweeter notes of dried strawberries, a little bit of earth, light rusty notes of blood and iron, a hint of beef jerky and a touch of dusty attic.

    A tired and perhaps also slightly off Rioja that feels like it is slowly gliding downhill. At first people thought the wine might've been corked based on the dusty notes, but when the wine was revealed to be +50 years old, this stance was reconsidered and it was thought it was just bottle funk and the wine would open up with air. However, it didn't really get any better over the course of many hours, coming across just as tired and dusty. So ultimately we didn't come to any conclusion whether the wine was off, past its peak or simply both. However, it was quite impossible to guess anything of the wine due to its rather nondescript, dusty and earthy overall character. Nothing special to write home about. Leaving the wine unrated.

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    1/22/2017 - wrote: 91 Points

    Well, for a '70 this is very very fresh and elegant. Almost no sediment, rather good cork, evidently proper storage. Elegant, light fruitiness with some black and a bit of red berries. Not that much tertiary notes as one could have expected. MdMurrieta shows its class here. Could have been more complex, but you cannot always have it all.

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    2/27/2016 - wrote: 89 Points

    Dark color, third-ish liquor notes. The palate a bit bombastic now, dark red fruit, med-full body, a bit too 3rd-ish palate. Nice but not as good last time, 89, drink now.

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