2006 R. López de Heredia Rioja Reserva Viña Tondonia

Community Tasting Notes (276) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  4/12/2024 - CHINACAT wrote: 91 Points

  Still quite youthful and vibrant, with red cherries, leather and spice and a slightly firm finish.

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  4/2/2024 - Scottlmatthews Likes this wine: 96 Points

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  3/31/2024 - danchaq Likes this wine:

  Easter wine with roasted lamb rump. Mellow and subtle but fascinatingly layered with bright red fruit and old books. Very long. Decanted.
  
  No harm in leaving the rest of my case whilst I work through some of the other Riojas can come back to this one later.

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  3/30/2024 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  Decanted for 2hrs, low/no sediment as others have stated. Pours a medium ruby in the glass. Med +, developing aromas of tobacco, soy, dried herbs (sage, lavendar), dried & fresh brambles, red raspberry, pomegranate, dried cranberry, prune & plum, dry earth, cedar, leather, rose, dried orange peel, smoke- complex and classic Rioja. In the mouth, the wine is med/+ bodied, high acid, medium + tannin, med alcohol, med + palate intensity, long finish. Drink now, or hold- for me in a perfect middle age spot, beginning of the long plateau into maturity. Overall, outstanding.

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  2/26/2024 - drmarclevine Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Decanted two hours. Lovely nose of dusty cherry, soy, bush brambles, and bay leaf. Big hit of red raspberry and tart cranberry balanced by warmed soil and underbrush. Great concentration and persistence borne on a medium-weight frame. These wines can be biting in their youth but patience is rewarded with depth and intensity with just the right amount of tannic edge. Just a beautiful, unadorned expression of Tempranillo. Paired very well with lamb meatballs with North African spices. Drink or hold.

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