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| VIÑA TONDONIA RIOJA RESERVA 2008 DOCa Rioja |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
R. LOPEZ DE HEREDIA |
| Assessed from a bottle purchased at the LCBO. If you love those big California fruit bombs, you should probably stop reading now. This is a one-of-a-kind Rioja with a fairly deep slightly amber-tinged ruby colour with some garnet undertones. Intense, complex, fairly spicy, quite cedary, sandalwood-tinged, ripe, maturing, plum-cherry purée nose with some violets and faintly leafy, autumnal forest floor notes. Dry, medium to medium-full bodied, well structured, slightly spicy, complex and yet refined, Bordeaux-inspired, minerally, fairly intense, rounded, ripe, harmonious, plum-cherry flavours with an attractive, lingering, fairly high-acid, gently cedary, sandalwood-tinged finish. According to the back label, this new blend of 75% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha and 10% Mazuelo (no Graciano) has 13% alcohol and 2 g/L residual sugar with lot number L0720 which is also on the back label. It was aged for six years in 225 L American barrels which are all made at the winery from imported Appalachian mountain oak and bottled without filtration. This 2008 seems a tad riper with lovely balance and freshness and is more accessible than the recommended best buy 2007 (***/***+) with 95-points that was released on April 18, 2020 at $59.95. |
CSPC |
356337 |
| Type |
Red Table Wine |
| Agent |
Joh Han |
| Country |
Spain |
| Region |
Rioja |
| Rating |
***/***+(96 points)
Refined, Harmonious, Ripe |
| LCBO Text |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: Expect a lean, refined wine, with a vibrant acidity and notes of dark cherry, forest floor, mixed spices, leather, cigar box and incense. Pair this with rack of lamb or a top-flight roast beef dinner. |
Price |
$ 61.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - October 31, 2020 |
| Cases bought |
250 (12 bottles per case) |
Check LCBO Availability |
Score: - NOT PRESENTED * Very Basic *+ OK
** Good **/**+ Very Good **+ Excellent *** Outstanding ***+ Superb
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