Remarkable old Rioja. Sweet perfumed nose that just goes on and on. Delicious palate with luscious fruit and tobacco, cedar, and coffee notes. Wine of the weekend.
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Amazing colour for such an old wine but these CVNE's do age well! Telltale Rioja notes on the nose, christmas cake and hints of orange peel. Quite rich on the palate, really glides over the tongue, great length. Really good wine.
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Mature Rioja @ Medlar (Medlar, London): Mid garnet. Nicely rich. Warm leather and fireside spice. Smooth. Very classic. A little damp earth too. Just a touch of orange peel developed. Gets slightly pinched with a couple of hours of air. Really lovely though. ****1/2
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Cork was seeping a bit, so couldn't expect much. Stewed fruits on the nose, palate was quite good, especially with food, but it wasn't as good as the previous bottle. I would score it as an 87, but the bottle was a bit defective.
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From a 0.375ml bottle this was soft, seamless and superbly integrated with a lovely autumnal wet leaves on the nose. Excellent, mature old school Rioja.
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1/16/2023 - ekessler Likes this wine: 98 Points
Remarkable old Rioja. Sweet perfumed nose that just goes on and on. Delicious palate with luscious fruit and tobacco, cedar, and coffee notes. Wine of the weekend.
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11/10/2017 - rayq wrote: 94 Points
Amazing colour for such an old wine but these CVNE's do age well!
Telltale Rioja notes on the nose, christmas cake and hints of orange peel. Quite rich on the palate, really glides over the tongue, great length.
Really good wine.
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11/10/2017 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points
Mature Rioja @ Medlar (Medlar, London): Mid garnet. Nicely rich. Warm leather and fireside spice. Smooth. Very classic. A little damp earth too. Just a touch of orange peel developed. Gets slightly pinched with a couple of hours of air. Really lovely though. ****1/2
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6/30/2016 - AV2012 wrote: flawed
Cork was seeping a bit, so couldn't expect much. Stewed fruits on the nose, palate was quite good, especially with food, but it wasn't as good as the previous bottle. I would score it as an 87, but the bottle was a bit defective.
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4/24/2016 - AV2012 wrote: 91 Points
From a 0.375ml bottle this was soft, seamless and superbly integrated with a lovely autumnal wet leaves on the nose. Excellent, mature old school Rioja.
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