2013 R. López de Heredia Rioja Crianza Viña Cubillo

Community Tasting Notes (79) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  4/13/2024 - Wine Diplomats Likes this wine: 91 Points

  65% Tempranillo, 25% Garnacha, 10% Mazuelo and Graciano. Average 40-year-old vines. 90,000 bottles made. At least 3 years in used American oak and 3 years in bottle before release. Moderately expressive nose of bright red fruit and balsamic, tobacco, mild oak notes. The palate is more expressive with medium-light bodied and tangy red fruit, a touch of vanilla and no hard edges. Easy to drink. Great with food. Relatively low alcohol at 13.5%. This reminds me more of Chianti than most modern Rioja today. Not yet on tertiary notes, so still has time to age.
  
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  4/10/2024 - studleytrey Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Ruby hinting garnet. Smells like darker fruits, cedar, lemon, and graphite. Lighter side of medium body, high acid, medium finish, with flavors of cherry, plum, lemon, orange, minerals, and a bit of spice. Solid once again.

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  3/9/2024 - sjfunkenhauser wrote: 89 Points

  Medium garnet colour.
  
  Pronounced aromas of dried cherries, cranberries, black berries, leather, wet dirt, dried flowers.
  
  Pronounced palate.
  
  Medium (+) body, medium (+) tannin, high acidity, long finish.

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  2/11/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Red with slight browning at the edge. Straight out of the bottle, tobacco leaf, bark, and soil. As it opened, blackberry joined the mix. Medium to light weight, soil-filled mouth feel. Excellent fruit/savory interplay with the fruit being darker and not as exuberant as it was a year ago. Significant acidity and tannin, making it clear that even this entry level wine has a good deal more structure to burn off. So very satisfying.

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  1/20/2024 - vintage_whine wrote:

  consistent but not thrilling

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