2014 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  3/15/2024 - rjsmall Likes this wine:

  Clear, right red colour - no sediment. Strawberry, a hint of smokiness and a slight rubbery note on nose. Smooth, round mouthfeel. Flavours of strawberry, cherry, spice and vanilla. A little hint of rubber. Smooth tannins with a long finish and good bite. Opened nicely over an hour.

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  2/23/2024 - PLLU Likes this wine: 92 Points

  2014, Muga, Tempranillio/Grenache, Rioja
  Appearance: Medium Ruby
  Nose: On the nose the wine was clean with medium (+) intensity of leather, tobacco, Blackberries, black plums, Red Cherries, black Cherries, smoke, charred wood, black currant, vanilla, cedar, cream, The wine is developing.
  Palate: Dry, high Acidity, medium (+) Tannins; high alcohol and full body. Flavors of violet, leather, tobacco, Blackberries, black plums, Red Cherries, black Cherries, smoke, charred wood, black currant, vanilla, cedarcream Pronounced flavor intensity The finish is long
  Assessment of quality: The wine is outstanding.
  Readiness for drinking: Can drink now potential for aging.

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  1/1/2024 - Tom Rodger Likes this wine:

  A little more balance than I remember. Still good fruit on the nose with cedar. Very similar palette. A slightly dry finish.

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  8/4/2023 - bobadopolis Does not like this wine:

  I've enjoyed other older vintages of this wine, but did not care for this bottle at all. Couldn't really detect any specific flaw, just not good juice. Maybe just in a dead phase, or maybe just an off bottle. Had while camping so could not properly decant. Will try again sometime after 2025.

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  5/5/2023 - D_RICH wrote: 92 Points

  No contemporaneous notes. My second of two bottles. Decant, 1/2 hour of air, back into bottle, served about an hour and a half later. Cedar and, per my friend, eucalyptus, on the nose. Medium to full bodied, rich, concentrated, with darker fruits. This is an excellent Rioja, but it is for new world palates. Still very young, (91-93).

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