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Marques de Riscal Reserva 2004
Filed under: Rioja, Spain, Tasting Notes, Tempranillo Blend, Variety, Wine

Anthony at Boccaccio Cellars has been raving about this, so I thought I’d better give it a run. The comeback vintage of 2001 was a big hit, and the 2004 is ...

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Posted 2 days 1 hour ago by Dave Worthington
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From the Cellar: Marques de Riscal Reserva 2001
Filed under: Featured, From the cellar, Rioja, Spain, Tempranillo Blend, Variety, Wine

I’ve had a couple of emails and comments asking how this is traveling, so I cracked one open with the 2004 to see what is happening in the bottle. Very prosmising ...

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Posted 2 days 1 hour ago by Dave Worthington
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Faustino Reserva V 2002
Filed under: Rioja, Spain, Tasting Notes, Tempranillo Blend, Variety, Wine

I’ve been clearing out a few notes over the weekend, not as successful as I’d hoped but anyway. The reserva and gran reserva level is where Faustino really delivers, and ...

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Posted 9 days ago by Dave Worthington
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Faustino VII 2006
Filed under: Rioja, Spain, Tasting Notes, Tempranillo Blend, Variety, Wine

Work is extremely busy at the moment, hence the lack of posts over the last couple of weeks. I have a backlog of notes to get through, so I’ll post ...

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Posted 13 days ago by Dave Worthington
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Pintia 2004
Filed under: Spain, Tasting Notes, Tempranillo, Toro, Variety, Wine

I had a bottle of this about 3 months ago, unfortunately it was corked. Here is the replacement. This is a big, beautiful monster. Its also very young and needs to ...

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Posted 20 days ago by Dave Worthington
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Toscar Monastrell 2006
Filed under: Alicante, Monastrell, Spain, Tasting Notes, Variety, Wine

The QPR (Quality to Price Ratio) winner from earlier this year is back with the 2006 edition. And if anything it’s more convincing. We didn’t do much on cup day, I ...

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Posted 23 days ago by Dave Worthington
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Faustino V Rosado 2007
Filed under: Rioja, Spain, Tasting Notes, Tempranillo, Variety, Wine

I think the slightly frosted bottle works best on this rosado, the wine is a brilliant colour and it’s good rose. 100% Tempranillo on skins for 18 hours. The numbers ...

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Posted 27 days ago by Dave Worthington
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Faustino Crianza 2005
Filed under: Rioja, Spain, Tasting Notes, Tempranillo, Variety, Wine

Along with their traditional wines, Faustino have a range of ‘modern’ wines.The more wines I drink from Rioja, the more and more variations I see on what ‘modern’ means. In ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by Dave Worthington
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Pleno Viura 2007
Filed under: Navarra, Spain, Tasting Notes, Variety, Viura, Wine

In contrast to the Faustino from yesterday, there is this little number from just across the boarder in Navarra. It’s Viura again with a more Gen Y style (Fun and ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by Dave Worthington
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Faustino V Blanco 2007
Filed under: Rioja, Spain, Tasting Notes, Variety, Viura, Wine

Faustino is one of those wines that just about everyone remembers for the packaging. It is quite old school, kind of like wicker baskets on Chianti bottles, but I kind ...

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Posted 4 weeks ago by Dave Worthington
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