1994 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  8/26/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 95 Points

  [Tasted Double Blind] This pours light garnet in the glass with medium plus bricking. With two hours in the decanter this is absolutely singing. In this glass this blasts nori, fresh ginger, cocoa powder, dried strawberries, blood orange, dried cherries, grilled pork, fire pit, and roobis tea. The palate is elegant to the core entering on bright red and citrus fruit. Acid is high and tannin is medium minus. The finish closes harmoniously replaying the nose. All in all this was shockingly great. I guessed this was an 80s Chateauneuf du Pape from a producer like Beaucastel or perhaps even Burgundy or Northern Rhone, all along knowing the alcohol was a tad too low and acid too high for CdP. While I was pleased to see this and it made sense, this must have not seen any American Oak as that aspect typical of Rioja is absent here.

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  1/25/2023 - Chateau-de-Plonk Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Ex bodega, aged well with very good cork
  
  Fully mature, burgundian and savoury. Benefited from some air in the glass
  
  Good vintage but this isnt going to hold out for much longer!

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  4/16/2022 - Utstein wrote: 93 Points

  Brown colour. Raisin, jammy black fruit and anise on smell. Some herbal notes in the back. Fruit is still vibrant but more towards secondary and tertial developments. Jammy strawberries, raisins, prune, some thyme, anise. Tannins are still there, but its about time to consume this wine. Perfect match for the easter lamb!

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  12/28/2021 - akspres Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Very good, loads of fresh fruit and developed nicely over 3 hours.

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  9/10/2021 - andtheodor wrote: 93 Points

  From magnum and actually needed a bit of air to get fully revved up. Cherry pipe tobacco, touched by balsamic, an old leather chair, silken and supple.

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