2006 Faustino Rioja I Gran Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (77) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  6/20/2022 - Doc90 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Warm berry crumble aromas, a little baked and roasted. Hints of saline. Excellent acidity and gritty ranch character. Roasted. Faustino is often overlooked and underappreciated, but in my opinion it is old-school Rioja. This is begging for some Manchego.

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  2/23/2022 - Mountster27 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  This bottle was much better than my previous one. Fruit more prominent. Better balance.

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  2/12/2022 - daveyk39 wrote: 92 Points

  Trying this Rioja again after about 1.5 years in the cellar; it continues to show top qualities and is staying strong. Medium garnet color. Offers cherry, dark chocolate, mint, licorice, bay leaf an a hint of oak. Graceful and developed, with a satin mouthfeel, and flavors of tart cherry, licorice and bay leaf. Resolved tannins are velvety and provide a scaffold for the wine to shine.

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  2/4/2022 - wtianseter wrote: 90 Points

  A good Gran Reserva. All the classical flavors and typical tannin on the end. This is a good reference of what to expect. However on previous vintages of Faustino I, I have seen high variability so realize you may see that from bottle to bottle.

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  2/2/2022 - Manuaia Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Correct rioja. Good not great. But what 15 yr old gran reserva can you buy for $28? Tastes like its 5 years old.
  An hour in and wine is getting more complex. Crunchy red fruit , cherry, medium tannin. This wine should be bought by the case and drunk on a tuesday night with pizza every few years over the next 20 years.

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