El Centimo

Lot 532 Real Rioja Tempranillo

9.010 ratings
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La Rioja, Spain
Tempranillo
Lamb, Tomato-Based, Polenta, Hard Cheese, Pork, Beef, Pasta, Mushrooms, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Venison, Exotic Spices, Potato, Turkey, Beans & Peas, Herbs, Baking Spices, Pungent Cheese, Duck, Salami & Prosciutto, White Rice, Chili & Hot Spicy, Lasagna, Pizza, Barbecue, Mexican Cuisine, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Jan de Weerd

Aged beautifully. Very smooth, medium body red, raspberry fruit fully impregnated with with wood, cigar box, earthy notes. Smooth fine grain tannins just on the background in the finish.

Aged beautifully. Very smooth, medium body red, raspberry fruit fully impregnated with with wood, cigar box, earthy notes. Smooth fine grain tannins just on the background in the finish.

Nov 7th, 2021
Chris Koupal

Great with age! 11 yes old and still just a baby.

Great with age! 11 yes old and still just a baby.

Feb 28th, 2021
Andrew Liguori

Surprisingly more grippy even for age (than CVNE). More earth and body, cherry/raspberry and oak spice.

Surprisingly more grippy even for age (than CVNE). More earth and body, cherry/raspberry and oak spice.

Jan 8th, 2021
Jan de Weerd

Tempranillo blend with Grenache and Graciano. Plenty of tannins that needed more than an hour to open up and let you taste the fruit it was hiding. Dark, vibrant fruits were exposed that gave the wine body and complexity. A potent, vibrant 10 year old wine that could be stored another 10 years and gain in complexity. Interestingly it had a metal coin on top of the cork that we didn’t realize it was there... so pushing in the automatic cork screw actually pushed the cork into the bottle 🤨. Oh well, we survived 😋

Tempranillo blend with Grenache and Graciano. Plenty of tannins that needed more than an hour to open up and let you taste the fruit it was hiding. Dark, vibrant fruits were exposed that gave the wine body and complexity. A potent, vibrant 10 year old wine that could be stored another 10 years and gain in complexity. Interestingly it had a metal coin on top of the cork that we didn’t realize it was there... so pushing in the automatic cork screw actually pushed the cork into the bottle 🤨. Oh well, we survived 😋

Oct 15th, 2020
Ming L
8.6

An interesting concept: buy the best wine they can afford from each vintage and create their own blend (lot) and age the blend further in oak barrels. This is the first release.
Primary dark fruits mixed nicely with secondary notes of vanilla and spice. The palate is a bit dull, but the peppermint note gives the finish a lift. Nice try.

An interesting concept: buy the best wine they can afford from each vintage and create their own blend (lot) and age the blend further in oak barrels. This is the first release.
Primary dark fruits mixed nicely with secondary notes of vanilla and spice. The palate is a bit dull, but the peppermint note gives the finish a lift. Nice try.

Oct 24th, 2018
Liam Gandelsman

Liam had this 4 years ago

Liam had this 4 years ago

Dec 5th, 2020
Tyler Martinelli

Tyler had this 4 years ago

Tyler had this 4 years ago

Nov 14th, 2020
Marie Herm

Marie had this 4 years ago

Marie had this 4 years ago

Aug 11th, 2020
Austin Smith

Austin had this 9 years ago

Austin had this 9 years ago

Dec 13th, 2015