Tempranillo Blend

La Rioja Alta

Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha 2016

Ruby in color with a wide cloudy reddish rim.

Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing red and black fruits with oak, licorice, eucalyptus, herbs, mediterranean spices, coffee, earth and black pepper.

Nice tangy finish with soft tannins and tangy cranberries.

This is a very tasty 7-year-old Rioja Reserva. Elegant and soft.

Showing nice complexity at this point, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

Easy drinking and a good food wine.

I had the 2009 a few years ago, and loved it. This one just needs more time in the bottle to mature properly.

A blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha. Aged for 3 years in used American oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$40.
— 18 days ago

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Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1999

Black cherry and plum tart emerging through aromas of violets dotting brown breads, shiitake and black oak. Cinnamon, cedar and clove coalesce. Raspberry reduction with currants. Hints of mints. Tart cherry palate brings cherry reduction and black currants, tons of dark cedar wrapped cigar, tart blackberry, peppercorn and cinnamon stick. Green notes suggest this is still young and half-blossomed despite the quarter century. Grainy tannins, though rounded.



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— 5 days ago

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Nice pull 👍

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

Wow! Black currants, dark cherry, a bit of old leather and a touch of light oak. This is classic layered Latour/Bordeaux at its peak with soft tannins and a long finish. A beautiful bottle of wine… and the good news for me is that I have more! — 3 days ago

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R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2007

Red and black fruits, leather, quite a bit of new oak still showing and fairly raw tannin. Crazy how young this showed for a 16 yr old wine. Next bottle in 5 + yrs. — 11 days ago

Aravind, Peter and 5 others liked this
Vin d’Ottawa

Vin d’Ottawa

We have a magnum and appreciate the note that there’s well more time in it.

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

Ripest red cherry and red rose aromatic hybrid. Cherry and strawberry blossoms. Herbaceous basil and tarragon sweetness awash in warm plum and baked currants. Flowering elms with wet black bark. Finally, oak and smoke. Perfect integration on the palate. Ready now but also for the foreseeable. Sweet raspberry and blackberry flash and recede to an obverse tart cherry with incredible indelible, satisfying depth. Sweet tobacco is outlined by Saigon cinnamon, clove, allspice and a strangely sweet pepper dichotomy. Really a perfect wine in every way. Smoke and graphite find a way to bow into the shimmery finish with finesse.



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— 5 days ago

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2005, respect 👍

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2009

Quite nice with a distinctive brioche overtone. Full and round, May still need a few years. Been feeling lately like more distinctive profiles in the grower champs vs the big dogs (at big dog $$). — 15 days ago

Severn, Bob and 26 others liked this

Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 1970

wow. Just spectacular. Fresh and gorgeous with deep fruit. Recurrent and blackcurrant. Intense and pretty and defined and long. Jef ROPP — a month ago

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Marqués de Riscal

Reserva Herederos del Marques de Riscal Rioja Tempranillo 1964

A haunting nose with soft and supple fruit. Gorgeously harmonious and expressive. Wonderful stuff. — a month ago

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Jan, Juan and 6 others liked this

Billecart-Salmon

Brut Rosé Champagne Blend

David T
9.3

Paired with the Vanilla Bean, Strawberry Rhubarb Compote. what a gastronomic evening! @plateandbottle — 9 days ago

Bob, Severn and 17 others liked this

Krug

Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne Blend

Edition 169. Disgorged 2019, 2013 base. Always a treat. — 10 days ago

Tom, Lyle and 1 other liked this