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Community Tasting Notes (33) Avg Score: 92.4 points

  • rating based on the last glass. prior to this was maybe 91/92

    decanted at 3pm, put back in the bottle at 6pm. decanted again at the restaurant, started consuming at 6:30. was still a bit reticent to reveal all its splendor. was actually hoping for more.

    after another hour or so it became smoother with the finish expanding. this was my last bottle, but if I had another I'd decant at least 6 hours.

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  • Drunk for lunch of roast rolled lamb shoulder, with pommes Anna and braised carrots. Bright, opaque, dark ruby. Amazing length of 90+ seconds. Really well balanced. Soft tannins present without bitterness or harshness. Acids present making it food friendly and lively. The flavours were so well integrated that no one flavour dominated - hints of wood, earth and black fruits all intertwined. Drinking perfectly now - very much at its peak but still tasted good on day 3, so likely to stay at peak for quite a few years yet. Really rather lush - a rich, modern style rioja, without being overdone.

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  • Nose of cedar leather pencil shavings. Slightly tart blue fruit. Well balanced not too heavy. Finish dry clean and delicious. Very good.

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  • This needed a good 3-4 hours of air before it came together. Boysenberry, cassis, dark cherry, along with tobacco, sandalwood, incense, sweet curry, bell pepper, rosemary, coconut, and dusty cocoa powder. Cedar, vanilla, and peppermint on the finish with pomegranate acidity. A little better on day 2, as darker fruits and plush, dusty tannins emerged and cedar/vanilla oak was less pronounced. Very good, though I’m not sure that I found it better than the 1996 Pesquerra Riserva that I opened recently. I suspect this would have been at its best a few years earlier (judging from CT reviews, 2015 was the right year to open it), though this wasn’t over the hill yet (whereas the Pesquera seemed to be drinking at peak). Perfect match with Lamb and Pork Tenderloin with a Chorizo/Bell pepper migas. I liked this better in the Zalto All Purpose glass than in the Riedel Hermitage glass, which is my usually go to glass for Tempranillo.

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