Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran Reserva tasting (Boqueria Penn Quarter, Washington D.C.): Another very youthful color. Expressive nose displaying concentrated sweet cherry fruit, leather, sweet spices, caramel, rose and earth. Excellent concentration, nicely layered concentrated red fruit, dense yet silky and precise, medium acidity, strong mineral and a long sweet dense red fruit driven finish with leather and rose at the end. Although drinking at the peak, there is enough concentration for this to last for awhile. Excellent showing.
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Beautiful stuff, bright raspberry and cherry flavours layered with developed leathery, truffle and forestal notes, drinking beautifully with tannins resolved and a gentle, silken elegance.
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Beautiful light floral candied fruit. Some dark undertones. Good concentration but very light profile. Long long finish that turns bitter at the end. Ethereal, pretty, and expansive. At a good age, ready to drink but not falling off. Wonderful wine. A-
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11/11/2019 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran Reserva tasting (Boqueria Penn Quarter, Washington D.C.): Another very youthful color. Expressive nose displaying concentrated sweet cherry fruit, leather, sweet spices, caramel, rose and earth. Excellent concentration, nicely layered concentrated red fruit, dense yet silky and precise, medium acidity, strong mineral and a long sweet dense red fruit driven finish with leather and rose at the end. Although drinking at the peak, there is enough concentration for this to last for awhile. Excellent showing.
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1/21/2010 - salil wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful stuff, bright raspberry and cherry flavours layered with developed leathery, truffle and forestal notes, drinking beautifully with tannins resolved and a gentle, silken elegance.
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4/1/2009 - MRichman wrote:
Beautiful light floral candied fruit. Some dark undertones. Good concentration but very light profile. Long long finish that turns bitter at the end. Ethereal, pretty, and expansive. At a good age, ready to drink but not falling off. Wonderful wine.
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