Fully mature rioja, rich but not heavy, prune, light pipe tobacco, smooth on the palate, with a satisfying finish. Did not decant, this opened up and improved over an hour with dinner, with more fruit and elegance coming forward. Matched well with Cuban ropa vieja, chuletas, black beans and rice (Cosecha label).
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This was just delicious tonight, explosive red fruit ,cedar, plum and spices on the nose. Lovely core of fruit mingled with earthy notes with some leather and spice lingering,nice streak of acidity to keep the ensemble cool and fresh,very decent lenght also, a very nice drop from Contino in an average vintage. Bravo.
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8/5/2022 - R Z Likes this wine: 92 Points
Fully mature rioja, rich but not heavy, prune, light pipe tobacco, smooth on the palate, with a satisfying finish. Did not decant, this opened up and improved over an hour with dinner, with more fruit and elegance coming forward. Matched well with Cuban ropa vieja, chuletas, black beans and rice (Cosecha label).
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7/3/2021 - Nick72wine wrote: 92 Points
This was just delicious tonight, explosive red fruit ,cedar, plum and spices on the nose.
Lovely core of fruit mingled with earthy notes with some leather and spice lingering,nice streak of acidity to keep the ensemble cool and fresh,very decent lenght also, a very nice drop from Contino in an average vintage. Bravo.
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3/13/2021 - Christian von Dresky Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beautiful, light but expressiv. This has aged perfectly. Light strawberry, a walk through the woods intermingle with light white pepper.
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6/13/2019 - king-bing wrote:
Really superb. So light on it's feet. Steadily improved over a couple of hours too. Shame my last bottle.
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10/31/2017 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 89 Points
Open 24 hours. Not as good as the first two bottles, not sure why, although that is not unusual the older wines get. Say 89/100.
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