2006 C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Viña Real Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  9/27/2022 - Old School Fan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fantastic wine. Still a baby. Still mostly primary with absolute textbook Rioja notes of cherry fruit, leather, tobacco and spice. A hint of the secondary/tertiary is coming through. A pleasure to drink. Drink now if you want the fruit, but it definitely can age for years to come.

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  3/15/2017 - Tannatastic Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Perfectly passable, if nothing particularly racy or exciting about this. Smooth and in a good place right now. Acidity, as always with quality Rioja, dictates it's better with food than without. Some cherry fruit and vanilla.
  
  Perhaps lacks a little concentration for me, which suggest it's probably not going to improve or evolve significantly over time. Then again, Vina REal has a good track record, so don't take my word for it!

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  3/4/2016 - Yorgos wrote: 90 Points

  Dark ruby with garnet rim. Very tight and subdued initially. It was left in the fridge for like a day and a half; it remained relatively restrained yet, it exhibited notes of dark cherry and plum, light barnyard notes, spice tobacco and quite a bit of oak which was not intrusive though. Medium palate with low to medium acidity. Very soft spoken initially but more grippy towards the end; all in a frame of tobacco and well assimilated oak. Probably at peak but should last for at least 5 years more. 89-90.

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  11/20/2015 - Red Fred Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Traditional Rioja. Decent length and good fruit along with oak in Glass straight from bottle half an hour after opening. Glass after a 1 hour decant - Tannins softened, much mellower fruit, oak still present and brought out that true Rioja character. Nice wine though I have tasted much better vina reals - 81, 82 and 95 vintages. This may well be better in 2-5 years.
  
  Half a bottle left to re taste tomorrow night.

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  3/2/2014 - Fat Lips Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Very good Rioja with plenty of earthy notes. The color is ruby with raw meat, leather, mushroom on the nose. The earthy palate shows tobacco, tar, blackberry, sour cherry, and a hint of chocolate and plum at the finish. Solid structure with medium acidity and tannins and pleasant finish of low/medium length. Well balanced and fresh that will keep for at least five more years.

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