2007 Bodegas Valdemar Rioja Conde de Valdemar Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 87.8 points

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  3/3/2019 - poste244 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Un très bon Rioja à point. Sans être spectaculaire, il se boit très bien présentement. Le bois est intégré et les tanins sont souples sur une belle trame de fruits rouges. Payé 23,70$ en 2015. Excellent RQP.

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  7/9/2016 - mjwstickings Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Right from the opening, this shows itself to be pure, well-matured (but not too mature) Rioja, with a lovely balance of fresh fruit and savoury elements featuring notes of ripe blueberry and blackberry, tangy cherry, sweet brown baking spice, new and aged leather, and meaty barnyard. It's mostly Tempranillo (90%), with the rest Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano. To be sure, there isn't all that much fruit left, and the savouriness takes over on the palate, but everything is nicely integrated at this point in its prime drinking window(if on the late side), the acidity balancing the ripeness through the dry, mildly tannic finish.

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  5/1/2015 - Ron Van Holland wrote: 90 Points

  Excellent representative of the variety and region. Expressive nose of red licorice, dark fruit, and oak. Smooth, classic tempranillo acidity, with a finish that features old tobacco and lingering tannins. Good QPR at $18, but hard to find there. 90+

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  1/16/2015 - phil the agony wrote: 89 Points

  Un beau nez léger avec un peu de bois et des fruits mûrs.Un peu de cuir aussi.
  En bouche: Prune sêché,vanille,boisé (léger pas déplaisant),cannelle,clou de girofle, fruits murs,léger cuir.
  Une bouche ronde,pas tannique pour 2 cents,un peu acide.
  
  Un beau rapport qualité prix !
  88-89 pts.

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  9/30/2014 - RieslingFanatic Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Tasted as part of my Level 3 WSET Course (Day 3 – Italy, Spain, Portugal, USA and Canada). Clear medium intensity garnet in the glass. Developing nose with med(+) intensity with leather, graphite and similar secondary aromas (although there is a little bit of primary fruit hanging around). Dry, med(+) acidity and tannins, medium body and intensity. Very true to what it is – the palate still has some primary fruit (strawberries) but there is plenty of secondary flavours. May be described in certain New World countries as having ‘tired fruit’! Nice wine.

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