Lorne Rangers 2024 (Lorne): Darker and more brooding than the Tondo '95, with a more conventional and certainly more youthful nose that showed mint, cocoa and US oak. Really interesting (and tasty) on the palate, with notes of Stollen and cigar as well as the expected deep fruit - smooth and sensual. A long plummy finish, with a hint of bitterness. This was very good when I first tried it four years ago, and it's even better today - and is likely to keep improving.
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Lorne Rangers 2024 - Rioja (Lorne Restaurant, London): Double decanted before being transported to the restaurant and then decanted on arrival. I guess we started sipping 3 hours after the cork first pulled. Beguiling nose here with dark fruits complemented by some 90% cocoa dark chocolate bitterness, some sour cherries, blood orange and a couple of ppm of peppermint. With time in the glass we could almost be in Bordeaux with some cedar and tobacco emerging. The final glass shows hints of gingerbread and a couple of ppm of strawberry sorbet. Fabulous.
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Wow, what an impressive bottle, dark red fruit, floral, smoke, chocolate, plum, leather, so composed with defining acids, a kiss of American oak, still young on the palate but this is terrific just needs 5-10 more years based on how unbelievably good the 1994 was.
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Mørke frukter på smak, fyldig, velbalansert med tydelige eiketoner. Behagelig i munnen. Lang. Lite merkbare tanniner. En av de bedre Rioja jeg har drukket.
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2/18/2024 - Chemari wrote: 97 Points
Coravin 18.02.24. Ahumado en nariz. Tabaco. Boca redonda muy sabroso, largo, acidez agradable. Está teemendo
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1/31/2024 - NickA Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lorne Rangers 2024 (Lorne): Darker and more brooding than the Tondo '95, with a more conventional and certainly more youthful nose that showed mint, cocoa and US oak. Really interesting (and tasty) on the palate, with notes of Stollen and cigar as well as the expected deep fruit - smooth and sensual. A long plummy finish, with a hint of bitterness. This was very good when I first tried it four years ago, and it's even better today - and is likely to keep improving.
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1/31/2024 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lorne Rangers 2024 - Rioja (Lorne Restaurant, London): Double decanted before being transported to the restaurant and then decanted on arrival. I guess we started sipping 3 hours after the cork first pulled. Beguiling nose here with dark fruits complemented by some 90% cocoa dark chocolate bitterness, some sour cherries, blood orange and a couple of ppm of peppermint. With time in the glass we could almost be in Bordeaux with some cedar and tobacco emerging. The final glass shows hints of gingerbread and a couple of ppm of strawberry sorbet. Fabulous.
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12/29/2023 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Wow, what an impressive bottle, dark red fruit, floral, smoke, chocolate, plum, leather, so composed with defining acids, a kiss of American oak, still young on the palate but this is terrific just needs 5-10 more years based on how unbelievably good the 1994 was.
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10/30/2023 - havarhar wrote: 92 Points
Mørk rød farge. Ingen lilla toner.
Modne kirsebær på lukt, med tydelige eiketoner.
Mørke frukter på smak, fyldig, velbalansert med tydelige eiketoner. Behagelig i munnen. Lang. Lite merkbare tanniner. En av de bedre Rioja jeg har drukket.
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