Region: Rioja
Vintage: 2003 - Reserva
Closure: Cork
Colour: Purple-brickish
Alcohol: 13.0%
Bouquet: Intense, sour cherry with vanilla in the periphery
Flavour: Lots of tannin which scared some of us at first. However, as this opened the excellent tannin provided structure and length gave weight to the cooked meat flavours. It got better and better
Points: 87 (3+6+12+8+8+50)
Notes: This wine divided the group as some were put off by the strong tannins. However, when it opened (and we re-tasted), I was one of its converts. I ranked this a narrow second best of the night although the group had it 3 of 5
Tondonia is old school rioja, hezvy use of american oak barrels, very pricey, almost no fruit, but stunning aging potential, if young oak is overpowering
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