1988 Bodegas El Coto Rioja Coto Mayor Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91 points

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  3/6/2024 - clutj Likes this wine: 91 Points

  A real pleasure to drink a well-aged 1988, smooth tannins, most of the palate showed variations of "dried"... roses, berries, leather, tobacco

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  7/4/2023 - Theodore S Butts Likes this wine:

  In a nice place. More expressive than the one tried a few months ago. Nice subtle stewed fruit, lots of tertiary leather, tobacco, etc. not overly complex but very satisfying.
  Will check in on another in a year as still has a few years in it.

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  6/2/2023 - Djfermentation Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinking quite well now. This was a birth year wine for one of our dinner guests last night that was great with roasted pork.

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  4/19/2023 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Cloudy orange-red under the light . Slightly burnt orange peel and wild strawberries on the nose . Notes match - wild strawberries, heritage navel orange, and a confectionary note. Aged to perfection and delicious .

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  4/11/2023 - Oberunter-5 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Definitely past peak, but still very good and structured—
  
  There is probably some bottle variation. I mention this because, unlike other reviewers, this wine offered very little on the nose initially. Oddly the nose was best on the fourth day. At its best it showed baking spices, tobacco, leather, and red berries; on opening, it showed very little beyond a certain woodsy quality.
  
  The palate improved similarly over four days. It filled out, taking on more body, more viscosity like a syrup. Eventually I got dehydrated raspberry and strawberry, sweet baking spices, and basil. On the first and second days, however, the palate felt tired by comparison. I would have scored this higher if the first half had been as good as the second half—

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