What a great bottle of wine. Thank you @Jim Westby for sharing this and for cooking the excellent mushroom chicken to go with it. This had lovely candies orange peel aromatics, medium body and such good length I am almost still tasting it the next day. Showing no signs of fading at 36!!!
What a great bottle of wine. Thank you @Jim Westby for sharing this and for cooking the excellent mushroom chicken to go with it. This had lovely candies orange peel aromatics, medium body and such good length I am almost still tasting it the next day. Showing no signs of fading at 36!!!
Mar 19th, 2017
Stewed tomato with dried fruit of dark cherry, blackberry, pomegranate. Pickle juice, dill, oregano and olive
Stewed tomato with dried fruit of dark cherry, blackberry, pomegranate. Pickle juice, dill, oregano and olive
Dec 22nd, 2017
Medium garnet wide watery rim . No oxidation whatsoever , really quite floral and enticing on the nose , dried strawberry raspberry fruits , truffle , spiced old wood notes . On the palate lovely freshness and elegance with those red fruit, truffle and spiced strawberry, earl grey tea notes . Good length , just slightly drying on the finish now , apart from that this wine really does show well . Very elegant and precise . If you have the bottles open over the next 5 years or so . @ Rockpool Sydney , great suggestion from the sommelier even if I did really want to stick to Australia !
Medium garnet wide watery rim . No oxidation whatsoever , really quite floral and enticing on the nose , dried strawberry raspberry fruits , truffle , spiced old wood notes . On the palate lovely freshness and elegance with those red fruit, truffle and spiced strawberry, earl grey tea notes . Good length , just slightly drying on the finish now , apart from that this wine really does show well . Very elegant and precise . If you have the bottles open over the next 5 years or so . @ Rockpool Sydney , great suggestion from the sommelier even if I did really want to stick to Australia !
Feb 8th, 2024
Paired with Cuban black beans and pork - our typical Christmas Eve dinner. I don’t typically like too much wood notes in wine but with Rioja it works so well. Bright red fruit, cherry, bit of smoke, the wood gave it a rye whiskey feel, endless finish. Brilliant wine and still on the upswing, no rush on this 1981. My last bottle sadly. 1981
Paired with Cuban black beans and pork - our typical Christmas Eve dinner. I don’t typically like too much wood notes in wine but with Rioja it works so well. Bright red fruit, cherry, bit of smoke, the wood gave it a rye whiskey feel, endless finish. Brilliant wine and still on the upswing, no rush on this 1981. My last bottle sadly. 1981
Dec 26th, 2020
La Rioja Alta, La Rioja, Spain
