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90
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18
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94
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Taster #6614
· Apr 12, 2025
86/100
It was decent but very oaky, and the oak overwhelmed the good characteristics.
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Taster #3441
· Feb 25, 2025
90/100
Excellent and tasty real huh for a price. Is at its peak so drink up.
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Taster #8049
· Feb 28, 2023
Corked
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Taster #6520
· Jan 20, 2023
90/100
Fallen leaves Earthy Good flavor for old wine Good for recomending
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Taster #8375
· Jan 18, 2023
As soon as I smelled this I knew it was a winner! Pretty much textbook aged Rioja with dried cherry/plum, pipe tobacco, vanilla, rose petal, dried herbs. A shade high on the acidity (some will say the same on the oak, but hey, it's Rioja GR). Not an extraordinary Gran Reserva, but a classic and delicious one at a no-brainer price. Held up fine finishing on second day. I'm stocking up on this one.
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Taster #2904
· Dec 22, 2022
88/100
Top QPR. Great for what it is and interesting to drink. Not for fruit forward lovers. This is a drying style.
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Taster #4051
· Mar 13, 2022
90/100
One-off Costco purchase. Acidic at PNP, fruit a bit shy. Developed nicely over two hours and then again on day 2. Full-bodied - for a Rioja. More complexity than I expected, including tobacco, eucalyptus, cedar and earthy notes.
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Taster #4263
· Jan 28, 2022
90/100
Great Rioja. Lots of oaky cedar on the nose and palate. Medium to medheavy in body. Nice fruit but not fruity. Complex mid palate and nice finish
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Taster #1489
· Oct 15, 2021
over the hill, too acidic and nothing else left
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Taster #3441
· Jul 13, 2021
This is the first of 4 bottles I bought. It was delicious, lots of fruit, very drinkable. Cant wait to drink bottle #2 next year.
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Taster #4224
· May 30, 2021
92/100
Transparent plum purple color. Aromas of tobacco, cigar smoke, blackberry, and leather. Big mouth volume. Juicy plum and blackberry with eucalyptus, tobacco, nutmeg, and cinnamon on the finish along with a stony minerality. Beautiful fruit and bouquet. This is still somewhat surprisingly youthful, but drinking perfectly now in my opinion.
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Taster #9510
· Mar 13, 2021
Fresh red berries, sour plums, well integrated woody and herbal notes. Long sour and herbal finish. Fine tannin and medium-plus acid. Very enjoyable Rioja, though somewhat lacking in complexity.
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Taster #0752
· Mar 9, 2021
91/100
Very nice with grilled lamb chops. Slightly more tart than I like or I would have rated it even higher.
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Taster #2208
· Feb 13, 2021
91/100
Wonderful, if a bit simple for a Gran Reserva. 36 months each in oak and in bottle. Definitely can get that new oak on the palate. Great QPR, but I wish as a GR this gave me a bit more.
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Taster #6628
· Dec 26, 2020
89/100
Agreed more wood and leather as expected. Not my favorite....really prefer reserva level. Good nonthelesss...
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Taster #4305
· Dec 20, 2020
89/100
14.5% alcohol; Hidalgo Imports, Miami, Florida; real cork with an apparent maximum wine penetration of 3 cm (in a just short of 5 cm cork); medium weight foil; Tempranillo (100%?) on the label; medium to long legs, dark purple/brown; opened and tasted at room temperature (25 degrees C) about 90 minutes later; nose of stone fruit, herbs, dry oak leaves; medium to full body, good balance among tannins, sweetness, sourness, bitterness; tasting echoed the aroma with notes of herbs and …
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Taster #3947
· Nov 7, 2020
The cork was somewhat dry. Probably oxidized or otherwise damaged in transit.
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Taster #4224
· Nov 7, 2020
91/100
Still alive. I agree with others that it's more leather and wood than fruit, but this is a 10 year old rioja that spent 3 years in oak. Beautiful complexity and bouquet - notes of leather, nutmeg and warm spices, lots of tobacco and there is a nice plummey black fruit going on. With time the fruit fades and stones and leather lead. I wish this was a bit more complex for a gran reserva, but for 15 bucks? Heck …
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Taster #1224
· Oct 17, 2020
90/100
More oak and earth forward than fruit. Leather, dark chocolate, and spice. A bit too thin though. A great affordable find with bottle age at Costco. Cellaring probably won't improve this wine.
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Taster #1901
· Oct 13, 2020
85/100
Deep ruby and purple in color. On the nose, too much oak and oak related spice mask fruit notes. The palate also shows lots of oak followed by dusty tannins and berry flavors. Disjointed wine that may not improve with time.
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Taster #9024
· Oct 10, 2020
Meh... like my daughter said, “it reminds me of communion wine”. When I opened it it had a heavy alcohol aroma. Once it off gassed enough, I was able to detect notes of spice, pepper, berry, tobacco. I thought day 2 might be better, but it fell flat and was even more like church wine than on day 1. Bought a second bottle. While it’s not great on its own, it might make a nice Sangria, so I’ll save it …
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Taster #0710
· Oct 1, 2020
90/100
Decent rioja from Costco. Plummer than most but typical vanilla and oak. — 3 years ago
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Taster #9046
· Sep 27, 2020
94/100
Very simple and fresh, berry and spice
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Taster #9047
· Sep 25, 2020
90/100
Needs a bit of time out of the bottle, but at Costco prices, a real steal.
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Taster #6867
· Aug 1, 2020
92/100
Chocolate, cherries, spice, very smooth, no alcohol, no tannins.
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