La Rioja Alta
Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha
La Rioja, Spain
Drunk w Christmas Eve dinner 2020 of roasted eye of round, porcini gravy, mash etc.
Medium plus ruby. Forest-y aromas of almond tinged cherry, violets. Wife claims noticable Am oak, but I don't really feel it here (bottle age?) Acidity is high. This feels like it could easily go another 20 years.
Drunk w Christmas Eve dinner 2020 of roasted eye of round, porcini gravy, mash etc.
Medium plus ruby. Forest-y aromas of almond tinged cherry, violets. Wife claims noticable Am oak, but I don't really feel it here (bottle age?) Acidity is high. This feels like it could easily go another 20 years.
Delicious. Elegance and grace with more tertiary aromas showing spice and earth and bricks. Reminiscent of more feminine Brunelli. Drinking very nicely don't hold it in your cellar much longer.
Delicious. Elegance and grace with more tertiary aromas showing spice and earth and bricks. Reminiscent of more feminine Brunelli. Drinking very nicely don't hold it in your cellar much longer.
Mar 31st, 2016
What a piece! Even losing its fruit it has gain great complexity and huge deep animal and earthy aromas...
What a piece! Even losing its fruit it has gain great complexity and huge deep animal and earthy aromas...
May 5th, 2015Love this savory style. Lots of dusty cherry and espresso bean. Nicely together on a beautiful 15 year old wine.
Love this savory style. Lots of dusty cherry and espresso bean. Nicely together on a beautiful 15 year old wine.
Mar 17th, 2015Stewed red cherries & strawberries, forest floor, and sweet vanilla. Outstanding!
Stewed red cherries & strawberries, forest floor, and sweet vanilla. Outstanding!
Aug 22nd, 2014Late post from my bday bash! Year 2000 in magnum...still partying like it's 1999!
Late post from my bday bash! Year 2000 in magnum...still partying like it's 1999!
Aug 5th, 2014
Couchbase SKO fy20. This was my favorite wine in Barcelona a few years ago!
Couchbase SKO fy20. This was my favorite wine in Barcelona a few years ago!
Mar 1st, 2019The first thing that grabs you about this beauty is the lively acidity - still present and poignant many years after bottling. Candied plums, blackberries, dark cherry, toast, tobacco, and some leather on the nose. Light body with supple, delicate tannins. Hints of baking spices and cured meat in the finish.
The first thing that grabs you about this beauty is the lively acidity - still present and poignant many years after bottling. Candied plums, blackberries, dark cherry, toast, tobacco, and some leather on the nose. Light body with supple, delicate tannins. Hints of baking spices and cured meat in the finish.
Jul 25th, 20182000 vintage. Beautiful nose with some cedar, clove. Length and balanced.
2000 vintage. Beautiful nose with some cedar, clove. Length and balanced.
Sep 12th, 2017