2000 Faustino Rioja I Gran Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (60) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  11/13/2023 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very, very youthful - much more so than the 2004 we had recently. Still a concentrated - slightly riper than 2004 - cherries with a touch of strawberries and cream, with some aged, leathery savouries popping through given time in the decanter.
  
  I have to say, in support of this bottle, the 904 and Ardanza have all showed 2000 to be an unfairly overlooked vintage, often in the shadow of 2001, but really not far from it’s equal. And good fro another decade, easily.

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  7/11/2022 - dichris Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I Have to rate this higher than what most people have in the past. With 22 years bottle age this is now a well integrated and complex amalgam of flavours and definitely a 92-94 wine at this point. Drinking beautifully now.

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  8/15/2021 - denver_vinder Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Ripe berry nose with strawberry, cherry and plum coated in vanilla and forrest soil. On the palate the same fruits with a warm, spicy touch and creamy vanilla. Silky soft tannins and medium acidity. Long, clean aftertaste. Astonishing value for money again and again.

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  8/1/2020 - diggydan wrote: 92 Points

  Very good. Almost disproves the need for a LdH fetish but not quite. Classic, in my tasting, rioja flavors and feel.

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  3/2/2020 - ihavezinned wrote: 88 Points

  Drink up.

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