Valdemar, Conde Valdemar Gran Reserva, Rioja

I have nothing to add to GTFreek's excellent note. I thought intensity and finish could have been stronger. 89+

2015 vintage

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2015 vintage

Toegankelijke Reserva met klassieke elementen, maar zonder echte opwinding. Rijp rood fruit, wat vanille en een vleugje leer. In de mond rond en soepel, maar de structuur blijft aan de vlakke kant. De zuren zijn ingetogen, en de afdronk is korter dan gewenst. Niets mis mee, maar ook weinig memorabel – eerder degelijk dan inspirerend.

2015 vintage

Beginnend latent tertiär.

2015 vintage

Beautiful nose, nice development. Palate matches with light tertiary notes, dried fruit, herbal tones, medium structure. In a good place and nice value.

2015 vintage

From Rioja Alavesa, more French oak than American. Medium plus nose shows dried cranberry, cedar, fresh earth, herbal tones. Palate nicely expressive, juicy fruits, deep florals, sandalwood, forest floor. Nice example of type.

2015 vintage

Clearly faulty/defective, probably TCA or Sulfur issue.

2015 vintage

Dry with floral, minerals, mild funk, earth and rose.

2015 vintage

Absolut sauber, leicht angekühlt wegen Affenhitze, kann man gut machen.

2015 vintage

NobleRottersSydney - Sangiovese & Tempranillo (Glass Brasserie, Sydney) : {cork, 14%} [Stephen] Liquid cherry nose, fumey/smoky quality, but not obviously oaky. Big ripe flavours on the palate; black & purple fruits pumped up; could pass for 15% alcohol, not 14%. Also very new world in style. Medium weight in the end though, with lowish chalky tannins and low/medium acidity. Finishes a fraction short of medium length. Not needing further aging.

2015 vintage

Zufälligerweise an T+3 noch etwas in der Flasche, jetzt sehr stark einerseits in der Nase oxidativ mit beginnendem Liebstöckel, trotzdem hartes Tanin sowie überraschend hervortretende rote Frucht. Etwas bizarr aber geil!

2015 vintage

Mycket doft av ek och läder! Fruktigt, rätt fylligt, pepprigt och mörka bär. Gott!

2015 vintage

Fleural : bon vin, un peu cher pour notre goût du moment

2015 vintage

Somewhat disjointed on first opening so recorked and stored in fridge, note from day 3 when it was showing better. Deep ruby. Reasonably intense nose with lots of baking spice and ripe, dark fruit. Some cedar and boot polish too. Medium bodied with chewy tannins and good acidity, but the structure is overwhelming the fruit currently. Should improve.

2015 vintage

Weiterhin ne sichere Bank.

2015 vintage

In der Karaffe kurz schmutzig, fängt sich aber wieder! Voll da.

2015 vintage

The "slightly corked" theme continues, although it seems to dissipate a bit. Might need to try decanting to see what happens.

2015 vintage

Absolut appetitlicher Wein, der läuft.

2015 vintage

Good and typical Rioja

2015 vintage

Schön auf der rotschwarzen Frucht, gutes Tanin, kann man sich gut reinfetzen.

2015 vintage

Overall well-made. Bouquet of mashed cranberry, ripe cherry, light tobacco, hint of licorice. On the palate black plum, ripe cherry, a hint of cinnamon, though it is not the whole spectrum of the taste of cinnamon. Quite acidic, but the acidity is integrated well. That does not wholly apply to the alcohol.

2015 vintage

The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like cranberry and raspberry. It tastes like cranberry, red currant and cinnamon. The body is medium. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

2015 vintage

Evi would buy again, although perhaps slightly corked.

2015 vintage

Classic rioja style, easy to drink but packed with flavor

2015 vintage

Рубиновый цвет средней плотности, прозрачное. В аромате чёрные ягоды, джем, чернослив, дерево, ваниль, сливки, табак, корица, молочный шоколад. Во вкусе среднее тело, высокая кислотность, умеренные танины. 89/100

2015 vintage

blended with Graciano, Mazuelo. From select parcels. 19 months 70/30 French/American oak. Medium nose shows red fruits, florals, warm spice. Palate more expressive, darker than Crianza, black plum, singed red cherry, hint of balsamic, some mineral tones, structure does well, medium plus tannins and acid framing medium body. Very good value.

2015 vintage

Classic rioja style, cellared for you and ready to drink. Quite light in colour, dill and spices on the nose, some red fruit. Medium-bodied, somewhat dry tannins. A little disjointed at first but after some aeration it's starting to come together. Excellent with a piece of fillet steak, lamb would also be a good pairing. At 12€, the QPR is off the scale.

2015 vintage

Aromas of vanilla, sweet spice, slight white pepper, red cherry, berry, jubey. Medium plus intensity acidity, jubey, fleshy, woody textured tannins are slightly drying.

2015 vintage

Perhaps too young; subtle, velvety, not an obvious Rioja.

2015 vintage

Pleine maturité, nez légèrement sur les pruneaux, il n'ira pas plus loin mais très agréable et en équilibre. À boire.

1998 vintage

Mature nose showing leather, red fruit, bay leafs and dill. The maturity continues on the palate with smooth tannins and lots of fruit lead way for the long finish. This is drinking very fine already and is a very good sample of a mature Rioja from a good vintage. This can of course cellar much longer if you like your wine on the very mature side.

1998 vintage

Pop and poured. Nicely aged, medium matured aromas of sweet plum fruit, baking spices, tart dark cherry skins, light graphite. Very very pleasing, delicious. Smells awesome. Palate entry is more of that delicious sweet mature cherry fruit tones. Really juicy and lovely, coupled with some berry pie notes, great acid and delicious sweet soil tones. Nice blueberry notes. Just tons of various berries. There's just enough tannin holding it all together, complete with beautiful acid. Wow, and it follows up …

1998 vintage

Opened about an hour before drinking. A brighter, healthier garnet colour. Again, classic orange peel and bright red fruit. Good acidity and a silky texture. Very good but not great mature rioja. Holds well over 90 mins without any fading. Subtle fireside, coffee and spice box flavours through the mid palate. Positive medium-length finish. Bare ****

1970 vintage

Another night with the 1970, and if anything, even better than before.

1970 vintage

Another beautiful bottle. Even silkier and more open fruit than the last. Loads of sweet cherry, leather and sultry texture on the palate. Drinking just fine. No rush.

1970 vintage

Brick-red colour. Mature nose showing chocolate, some oak and dill. Softening tannines and some vanilla and cherry.

1998 vintage

This time had with paella. And frankly, maybe it was the smells of the kitchen, maybe it was the moment, but from the time that cork was pulled everything was all-right.

1970 vintage

The fruit and tannins have subsided and the wine has mellowed. It is amazingly smooth and delicate - showing the characteristics of age in a pleasing way. Usually, I am not a fan of really old wine, but this was a very graceful exception.

1970 vintage

Popped, poured, and chugged. Beautiful wine, all smoothness and cherry fruit but with an amazing rich core. I would guess it still has more time left too.

1970 vintage

Just ethereal grace and beauty. Tastes of old wine but certainly has the sweet cherry note of Tempranillo fruit showing through still. Lots of cedary spices, forest floor in there as well. Graceful, succulent palate. Amazing stuff. Vanilla and toast. A world to smell in the glass.

1970 vintage

An absolute stunner. And right in its prime. Seemed more youthful and vibrant then the 1981 which was served alongside. Here, just layers and layers of fruit, wood-spice, forest floor, but all lifted and high tonned. A vibrant singing palate. Gorgeous and in no danger of going over the hill.

1970 vintage

Valdemer Conde vertical : Still lively on the palate with acid but lacks fruits.

1970 vintage

Vanilla, chocolate and plum on the nose. The palate is medium body and with good structure and nice length.

1998 vintage

This wine is probably passed its prime. Light to medium color and body. Lacking most of the fruit, spice, body, earth or complexity that I look for in Rioja. Fresh acidity was nice. Red fruit dominates, tastes like Cru Beauj. or Barbera. Still not bad, just not great. Going down hill..Drink now! AMM

1998 vintage

1998 revisited ten years on (Nottingham) : A fairly interesting nose, but a bit on the closed side. Quite savoury, with a buttery nuttiness to it. If this were served in a black glass, you could easily mistake it for a white Rhone on the nose. The palate is smooth, with good black fruit followed by fairly mouthfilling tannins. Nice finish. This seems pretty much at its peak to me: I can't think that it is going to improve much …

1998 vintage

Not decanted. Aromas of leather, cedar and tobacco are echoed on to the palate which also shows some nice plum fruit. Medium finish. A fine old world Rioja for $20. Very food friendly. Also quite consistent with the 1997.

1998 vintage

Fragrant and very ripe bottle, with scrub and black fruits and a color almost perfect cherry. Fragante y muy maduro, con monte bajo y frutos negros y un color cereza casi perfecto.

1998 vintage

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