2001 Fernando Remírez de Ganuza Rioja Gran Reserva

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 93.8 points

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  12/20/2020 - Paul D wrote: 94 Points

  1/3 , excellent cork. Decanted 1 hr.
  Deep ruby/garnet core, narrow pale rim. Nose is rich and ripe, quite youthful with dark fruit, vanilla, mocha, touch of leather. Medium/full bodied on the palate, rich dark fruit, some red-toned notes too, layered and soft, luxuriant, quite tactile with really fine tannins, lovely vibrant acidity and an extended finish which shows a touch of leather right on the tail end. Very impressive, certainly drinkable now if still on the youthful side.

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  4/14/2019 - Cofxc Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Lots of blackcurrant, mineral, spice. Meaty, sweaty. A touch of green. Tannic. Young. Takes some opening out. It seems open and drinking but is firm and this is not revealing itself. Zalto Bordeaux.

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  3/8/2019 - Herschel Krustofski Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Mindful of the reputation of this wine to last a very long time, I waited patiently. I've now retrieved the first bottle from storage and tasted a first (Coravin) sample. The wine was filtered and allowed to breath in the glass.
  Swirling occasionally, it takes about 90 minutes to open. Half an hour later the glass is nearly empty but the last few drops sustain a deep bouquet for much of the third hour!
  Great balance. This is pretty close to the prototype I have in mind when I think about what a perfect Rioja should be like.
  It's a more concentrated and has a bigger body than the 2001 Gran Reserva 904 from Rioja Alta I recently tasted. Perhaps more hedonistic and more accessible too.
  Looking at the older reviews from the last 8 years or so, I get the impression it was a good idea to wait. It's probably peaking about now.
  I'm also glad I filtered it (with a humble coffee filter). Significant amount of sediment most certainly would have spoiled the smooth and silky texture for me.
  Conclusion: Can start drinking, decant a minimum of 1 hour, avoid sediment. It will probably be best now-2030, and may well keep till 2040.

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  6/5/2018 - azzah Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Just bloody brilliant. Memorable. Dark fruits, chocolate, spice, truffle, tobacco. Deeply flavoured but not heavy, plush, long and satisfying. Great complexity. Length too burn. Restores my faith in Tempranillo.

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  11/1/2015 - A2331 wrote: 96 Points

  Powerful but really heavy. A really fine wine. Drinking fine now. But this will develop more up to 20 years from now!

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