2004 La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904
That, eventually, will be one HELL of a wine. Rioja needs a few decades to realize it's full potential, but at least it drinks well young.
You were certainly thirsty! Okay, question time.....
How was the '88 Drouhin? We finished the last of our '83 and would love to find a few more bottles from that decade at auction.
How about the Harlan - what year and how was it?
I'm looking as some softer vintages for my wife, so how was the 2001 Comtes? I have a 2000 on the way.
Does the port cask aging give it a sweet taste at all?
My wife has told me that I have an unsophisticated palette. That said, "sweet" is not a word that I would use to describe it. Hold on, let me get the bottle and a glass and I'll reacquaint my unsophisticated pallette.................I so love that woman.
How was this? Tasting notes pls 😀
A ripper, drank it quite a few years ago (magnum) in company with a lot of other good kit, Hait Brion, Chateau de Ampuis, etc... was in superb condition, clearly a ripe year with fleshy youthful fruit, ripe tannins, sinewy minerality and plenty of mature characters too, but not a single note suggesting it was in or nearing its dotage ... finishing with the assertively angular fruit cut and tannin profile you'd expect... opened up beautifully over the course of 5 or 6 hours... pity I didn't buy more, given that it cost me less than $800 aussie dollars (purchased in Australia, but effectively ex cellars)
