Numanthia, Toro

Drinking perfectly. Wonderfull nose of spring rain, freshly cut grass. Lots of fruit on palette - cassis, strawberry. Hints of black pepper, spice. Good strong finish. Not very tannic. Would drink over next couple years.

2007 vintage

From 75cl, dry cork successfully extracted in two pieces after a struggle, decanted 1 hour, improved until final drop. I respectfully disagree with recent TNs which suggest it's time to drink up, unless your bottles suffered heat stress in transit, or bad storage since. This was my best bottle yet (CT TNs 22.03.2023 and 27.04.2025) and given ideal storage I could well imagine it could have improved for another decade at least. Anyway, this evening we experienced a viscous, Amarone-sweet …

2003 vintage

Reading the other reviews I think it's time to drink this although it took about a half hour really to open up in the glass. I should have décanted it not only for that reason but the copious amount of sediment. Drank great very little fruit mostly tertiary flavors but very enjoyable nonetheless.

2003 vintage

Drinking very well. Quality cork with only 1mm of bleed. Still some freshness to balance the brooding style of tempranillo Toro. Overall very enjoyable with a tapas meal at a newer spot in Atlanta. Have 2 more, but no need to wait. Better in 15 minutes open, after an hour it showed a touch too much oxy flavors, so will not decant unless sharing with a full group.

1999 vintage

From 75cl. Absurd SUV-like, 953 gram-heavy bottle. Sad to think the 570 gram bottle bottle used by Vega Sicilia to protect their Unico 2006 (just put it on the scales to compare) wouldn't have met this producer's criteria. To make matters worse, they skimped on the cork. As with my previous bottle (CT TN 22.03.2023) it disintegrated into dust and messy shreds despite careful use of an ah-so. Miraculously, the wine not only survived its defective closure, but was outstanding. …

2003 vintage

Drank Blind with the Northstar Ballers: WOW!!!! Blew all of our minds. Never had such an old Numanthia, and opened with a backup bottle close-by incase it didn't deliver, but man was I wrong for thinking that! Absolutely beautiful, with tonsssssss of life left! Wow wow wow, Wish I had a case of this laying around! Drinking at peak, with no end in sight! No need to rush to open.

1999 vintage

Probably a bit over the hill. I hate waiting too long.

2003 vintage

Drank out of magnum. Delicious.

2003 vintage

Some Wine Tasted Watching the Chicago Air & Water Show (Lake Shore Drive - Chicago IL) : Small taste. New oak dominates without the gravitas or complexity to pull that off.

1999 vintage

My third bottle of 2014, drank this vintage three years ago. Still drinks very well, shows no signs of reaching it's peak. Classic Tempranillo, blackberry, rasberry and this warm sunny mouthfeel, fullbodied, great structure and will be great for many more years to come.

2014 vintage

My personal signature Tempranillo from Toro and its always a pleasure to come back to it. 50-100+ years old ungrafted vines farmed from more than 100 parcels at 700 meters of altitude. Aged for 18 months in new FR oak barrels, racked every 4 months. Deep garnet, bricking edges. Medium+ intensity aroma of prunes, dried cherries, tobacco, leather, chocolate, hint of dried herbs and touch of lavender. Medium+ body, soft and rich, concentrated but also most elegant vintage I’ve tasted, …

2003 vintage

Simply gorgeous. Integrated tannins and smooth texture. Strong but not overwhelming. Drink now or over next 4 years. Still in super shape.

2006 vintage

Dark red with a touch of black. Blackberry, pepper, grilled beef on the nose. Cola, black pepper, tea, oak, with a hint of leather and a dark fruit and oaken finish. Still young at heart. Hadn’t had this in a while, holding up really well. More savory than the Booker Tempranillo I tasted it against.

2006 vintage

Black fruit on the nose and palate with hints of spice and coffee.

2006 vintage

Fantastic

2007 vintage

What a beauty this is becoming! Now on it's early plateau. After three hours of decanting, it came a lot alive like nothing else. Beautiful herbal and the fruit finally receding to give way for what a mature fantastic Tempranillo can be like. Inch by inch it's getting there. If you prefer primary fruit than it's time to drink up. If your taste is towards mature wine - absolutely no hurry. The cork was in very poor condition and there …

2003 vintage

Cork came out intact in very good shape. Double decant over 2 hours. 20 years old but the tannins make you think it’s 3 years old, they are quite abbrasive still. Otherwise a beautiful wine, nose of red fruit and raisin. Palate mostly tertiary at this point. Drink up!

2003 vintage

As mention below, fruits have muted and tannins have smoothed out almost completely, which feels like it cannot age any longer. Drink now. It probably does not cut fatty food as well as tannins and acidity are no longer present.

2001 vintage

Opened two bottles over 3 days. Both corks came out intact. Both bottles brown throughout. Fist bottle with Chinese food retained some fruit although very much on tge leather side. Okay would rate close to 90 as some fruit left with a moderate finish Second bottle first night leaking any fruit Kept overnight in fridge bottle open Second night sone fruit showing leather with a moderate finish. No tannins to resolve if you have any drink up

2003 vintage

Late May 2023: deep purple color; intense bouquet of dark cherries and mulberries mingled with aromas of oak, espresso and herbs; smooth and round on the palate with a balancing juicy acidity; fleshy tannins in the cheeks; long finish. 93-94/100 Excellent Numanthia 2006 could eventually improve into an outstanding one.

2006 vintage

Twin Cites Wine Club Spanish Tasting (Edina, MN) : No decant and honestly great out of the gate with leather, red currants, spice, minerals and dust. One of the better Numanthia's I have tasted. Will age for another decade.

2014 vintage

Popped and poured a few nites ago. Color shows a bit thin, some browning at edges. Nose of dark fruit, palate shows still a good amount of black cherry fruit, some leather and earth. Slightly raisiny. Much better preserved than I expected

2000 vintage

wow...still young...stored in a temp controlled cellar since release....deep blueberry/cherry...integrated with a bit of allspice.

2001 vintage

Drank over the course of 2 nights. Deep ruby color with black fruit on the nose and palate. hint of expresso on the finish. Drinking well now and has a few more years to go.

2006 vintage

From 75cl, perfectly stored since purchase in 2006; dried-out, inferior cork disintegrated on extraction. Double decanted 1 hour, improved until final drop. This is still an unrepentant brute of a wine, with intensely concentrated, slightly roasted fruit and still-tightly-coiled complex spice on the nose. Earthy–meaty, aromatic, dark-to-raisiny fruit on the thick-textured, sweet entry leads to surprisingly mighty raw-leather-like mid-palate tannins, still not resolved 20 years after the vintage. Just entering early maturity; well stored bottles surely have at least another …

2003 vintage

Definitely past it’s prime. Third level flavors. Cranberry, forest floor, beef bourgion.

2003 vintage

Encore assez puissant et boisé mais super gouteux et délcieux. En a encore pas mal sous la pédale, je vais terminer mais 2004 et 2005 avant de toucher à mes autres 2007.

2007 vintage

A little anis on the nose. Aging has revealed some interesting notes dominated by cassis. Dry finish. Hoping for more based on the balance of the previous reviews. Perhaps past it’s prime.

2007 vintage

Drank in FL with some great MP BBQ... was past its prime but just a beautiful mouthful of wine that enjoyed all the smokey meats

2003 vintage

100% Tinta de Toro from over 100 ungrafted, non-irrigated parcels aged between 70 and 100 yo located in the villages of Valdefinjas, Toro and El Pego. The fully destemmed fruit is cold-soaked with the skins for more than a week followed by fermentation and maceration over a period of 28 days. Aged in new French oak barrels for 19 months. 14,5% alcohol. Deep, somewhat translucent and still surprisingly youthful blood-red color. The nose feels characterful and somewhat rustic with aromas …

1999 vintage

100% Tinta de Toro from over 100 ungrafted, non-irrigated parcels aged between 70 and 100 yo located in the villages of Valdefinjas, Toro and El Pego. The fully destemmed fruit is cold-soaked with the skins for more than a week followed by fermentation and maceration over a period of 21 days. Aged in new French oak barrels for 18 months. 14,5% alcohol. Evolved, somewhat translucent figgy-red color with a brick-red core and a more maroon rim. The nose feels quite …

2003 vintage

100% Tinta de Toro from over 100 ungrafted, non-irrigated parcels aged between 70 and 100 yo located in the villages of Valdefinjas, Toro and El Pego. The fully destemmed fruit is cold-soaked with the skins for more than a week followed by fermentation and maceration over a period of 28 days. Aged in new French oak barrels for 19 months. 14,5% alcohol. Total production 350 cases. Quite old, slightly hazy and moderately opaque cherry-red color with a rusty brownish-maroon hue. …

2000 vintage

100% Tinta de Toro from over 100 ungrafted, non-irrigated parcels aged between 50 and 100 yo located in the villages of Valdefinjas, Toro and El Pego. The fully destemmed fruit is cold-soaked with the skins for more than a week followed by fermentation and maceration over a period of 21 days. Aged in new French oak barrels for 18 months. 15% alcohol. Quite opaque, rather evolved and slightly hazy blackish-red color. The nose feels sweetish and somewhat tertiary with aromas …

2006 vintage

Our first time with 2003 vintage. We’ve tried 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2009. This wine more than holds it own. Cran body and medium transparent. Nose is wonderful with toasted praline and maple predominantly (like a tawny or Madeira) then chocolate and new shoe leather. Palate has great weight and body with red currant, caramel, chocolate and tertiary notes of leather and raisin. Healthy acidity and powdery tannins.

2003 vintage

with Landis family

1999 vintage

Really delicious after 2 hours.

2006 vintage

Loved it!!! I had bought a magnum at a Bern’s Steak House wine dinner featuring the Wine maker, Michael Louzada. He recommended holding it for at least 10 years. We opened it Saturday and it was amazing out of the bottle. Deep flavors, plenty of fruit, yummy. I saved a third of the bottle for Sunday. It became smoother and more flavorful but 30 minutes after pouring, the flavors went away… we finished it anyway! Wish I had bought more…

2007 vintage

Deep ruby color with black fruit on the nose and palate. Also has some spice and coffee. Cleary in it's drinking interval. Drank over 2 nights with softer tannins on the second night.

2006 vintage

Wonderful. Deep, layered, and goes on and on. Earthy and mellow and spicy with great concentration, but not overbearing in weight or in alcohol. Tannins resolved. Will live longer, but it would be a shame to let it get tired. I say drink up.

2003 vintage

Masculine, still pretty tannic, acidity provides freshness. Dark fruyit, cocoapowder, coffee grounds, charred oak, bbq, ferrous minerality. Holding up very well, cruising through midlife.

2006 vintage

From 75cl, cork almost rotten under foil, but sound at wine end. Absurdly heavy bottle. Monolithic, sweet, fat, blackberry fruit; low acidity, high alcohol; mealy-pasty texture. Thick and rich, this is yet another bodybuilder "luxury" Spanish wine from the early 2000s. How weird to think I paid 20% more for this on release than I did for the 2001 vintage of Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva, and roughly the same price as for Alion 2001. How times change (and how I …

2001 vintage

At home It’s been several weeks so no formal tasting notes but the wine showed beautifully, big at its peak to enjoy within the next 3-5 years

2006 vintage

I didn't record when I had this, but was in last 2-3 years. I remember I worried it would be past its prime, but it was phenomenally good. The fruit was perfect and the wine aged wonderfully.

2003 vintage

Really enjoyable, much better at this age than when younger, where it is much about power; now nicely soft with well-integrated flavours, medium dark red, more dark than medium; dark fruit, licorice, lots of sweetness, a bit of soft tannins in the back; not a blockbuster as such, but really well made

2007 vintage

The 2003 Numanthia was tonight's youngest wine, still waiting for its sweet fruit to mature. Rich, beautiful aromas of youthful fruit, plums, cherries 🍒 and darkness. In the mouth, the acids are towards the lower register, the youthful fruit is packing a full punch 🤜 and the tannic backbone is still overshadowed by it. Feels slightly generic today. Guess this performs best for us who love CdP. One BTL to go, hoping I can keep it for 10 years or …

2003 vintage

Deep garnet. Nose is subtle and didn’t blossom over 3 hours. Nose had hints of coffee and dried herbs. Taste was more forthcoming, with dried herbs and spices such as black pepper and herbs. Good, smooth.

2001 vintage

Monthly Tasting Group: Spain (Rincon 38, Mpls, MN) : Very dark red color. Double decanted for 3 hours, drank a glass over an hour. Modern style, full bodied with plenty of dark fruit, creme de cassis, blackberry, underbrush, charcoal, firm but caressing tannins. This has some depth and power, but I didn't find it over done. With some age and air this showed well. Not my preferred style, but many will love it, and I enjoyed it.

2007 vintage

corked

2000 vintage

I drank this a few days ago and forgot to post a review. Those who say this wine is past its prime and those who say it's still drinking well are both right. It all depends on your preferences. The fruit is integrated, yet muted, without being muddled -- sort of like a compote, reduction, or mixed-berry preserves made with no added sugar. There is a distinct dried plum note that isn't yet pruny. A good tobacco and cedar undertone …

2001 vintage

20 mins of air…really well made and stood up to 19 years of age easily. Blackberry , spice, seawater, pencil lead, plum….long finish

2003 vintage

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