R. Lopez de Heredia, Bosconia Reserva, Rioja

Soft and luscious. Full of fruit and nice tertiary complexity.

2014 vintage

Granted paired with Korean food was not ideal nor was the keeping of this but still did not feel together or with a harmony and didn’t work for us. Not sure what to make of it but nothing more than 88-89

2014 vintage

Nose: dusty cherries, blackberry, tea, light coffee, baking spice, rootbeer/watered down cherry cola, flowers, orange peel (dried and fresh), smells like an abandoned small church in an off grid forested area. Palate: tart red fruits mostly cranberry and sour cherry, High acid, med body, med silky tannin, med alc, long grippy finish. Compares well to ‘09 bosconia I had a year ago. Bosconias are so smooth yet have so much presence. 92 now-likely much higher in 5-10 years.

2014 vintage

PnP Z Bx. Forsmak med lammebog i ovnen. Klassisk Rioja nese med modning. Klar rein frukt med rognebær. Solid syre og tanniner. Spent på dette til maten. Fungerte supert . Kraftig og solid, nesten litt mye til lammebog, best til slagside med balsamico. 3 dager: krydret moden nese med tydelig eik og rått kjøtt med god frukt. Overraskende rein og intens smak med rognebær og bjørnebær solide tanniner og mørke noter av lær og pipetobakk . Fantastisk til kalmatra oliven. …

2005 vintage

Rioja Reimagined - Tradition vs Innovation (K&L Wine Merchants, Hollywood) : Ruby and garnet color, clearing edges. Aromas savory fig, cherry, and apple, with leather, camphor, fennel, allspice, earth, and hints of vanilla. Bright fruit expression, red fruits with hints of balsamic, seamlessly integrated earthy forest, savory musk, spices. Medium bodied, fine density, buoyant acid, seamless tannins. Fine length.

2014 vintage

Just a beautiful Rioja! Still so full of fruit with a long life ahead of it, but this was stunning with some savory dishes, letting the fruit soften and sweeten. One of the best!

2014 vintage

Present and the chiseled, pronounced middle adds welcomed weight. Long. The tannin is of gossamer and this is just lovely today; same with the second. Black cherry, walnut, hope chest, blonde coffee and plums. Riveting delineation and redolent. Elegant and the body is medium to full. Great energy. Drink now - 2040

2014 vintage

🇪🇸Probando cosecha de este Rioja elaborado con Tempranillo (80%), Garnacha (15%) y Mazuelo/Graciano (5%), y criado durante 5 años en barricas de roble americano. Mantiene el carácter clásico de otras añadas, con aromas y sabores tostados y ahumados, además de frutas cocidas y licorosas. En boca es pulido, pero amplio, jugoso, intenso y largo. Se está bebiendo muy bien ahora, aunque todavía está lejos de su mejor momento. 📍Arapiraca-AL

2014 vintage

Dark red fruits, oak, balsamic, and fig on the nose. Light on the palate, with very soft tannins, medium acidity and some of the fruits on the nose. Took a couple of minutes in the glass to open up

2014 vintage

So nice to revisit this after barely three months. The tasting note is identical (as it should be), and once again I thoroughly enjoy the interplay between fruity generosity (in context) and classical élevage. Five years in American oak, lest you forget. I really like it in its present energetic and assertive state, it is perhaps already expanding a bit which is nice, and it should age very well. A very fine Bosconia (Note: I vehemently disagree with Purple Tooth's …

2014 vintage

This is just what you want of a classic Rioja. Just an amazing fresh, piercing "fruit", with that vanilla oaky background. PnP - rare for me - undecanted, no detectable deposit. Took a little while to open out, but not very long, drank well for 3 days.

2005 vintage

Settling down, wood less prominent, beginning to open up nicely

2007 vintage

Wow!!! We opened two bottles of this with Oxtails braised in Rioja served over broad noodles. Poured the first bottle into the glasses one hour before dinner and decanted the second bottle at that time, so maybe 90 minutes of air for both. A perfect blend of very lush fruit and soft tannin. No bricking at all despite its age. We've cellared this for 15+ years and it's been stored properly. If you can find it in good condition, highly …

2005 vintage

Very aged flavors for such a youngish Rioja. Lots of wood as expected, sour juice, and no substance to morhp on. Classic in style, this needs lots and lots of age because today it's caught in that stage where it lacks freshness and lacks age. HOLD_

2014 vintage

Strålende vin. Elegant og moden Rioja, Duft av tørket jordbær og noe amerikansk eik. Syrlig og flottt frukt, modne tanniner

2005 vintage

This is a classic, old-school Rioja from an iconic producer. To my palate, it's drinking a point but will cruise in the cellar for another decade or two easily. Bright red. Vibrant, spice-tinged red currant and cherry notes on the nose. Some tobacco, vanilla and incense too. Sweet and seamless on the palate. Oak is fully integrated, leaving pleasant vanilla notes on the medium + finish. Served PnP from a decanter.

2005 vintage

Blackberry, prune, leather, cedar, ginger, clove. Fully mature, drink!

2005 vintage

Perhaps slightly richer than I remember, this is still on dark plum, leather and chocolate notes. The fruit is on the ripe side, the tannins soft now. There’s is no hurry here.

2005 vintage

Traditional Rioja with sour cherries, black olives and wood. Intense and sharp with extremely high acidity, tending to being unpleasant. Needs food!

2005 vintage

Vin acheté à Montréal qui fut dégusté en partie à l'hôtel David et en partie sur le Terrasse Saint-Louis pour mon anniversaire ...

2014 vintage

K&L Wines RWC by the ounce kiosk pour: Nose was very floral with eucalyptus, thyme, citrus, earthen notes, like walking on decades of decomposed leaves that had been heated by the winter noon sun. Palate was balance, light, tart, good grip and energy. Excellent bottle! $50

2014 vintage

Gecrushte Kirsche in der Nase, etwas Schokolade, im Mund sehr schlank, Recht intensive Säure und intensives, noch jugendlich wirkendes Tannin. Am Gaumen nicht so voll und intensiv wie es die Nase erwarten lässt. Es verbleiben der Eindruck des Tannins und süß -saure Sauerkirschen. Tag 2: erdige, rotbeerige und auch etwas florale Noten. Im Mund weiterhin schlank. Sehr schönes Tannin nun, leicht getrocknete rote Frucht, Hibiskus, etwas Kokos und Kaffee. Sehr gute Länge.

2014 vintage

This is probably great wine but it’s just not my thing anymore. The nose is all dill and caramel. The finish is very much about the acid. What can I say.

2006 vintage

I enjoyed this wine overall. But I did have some issues with it. Aging nicely but it is the acidity that is a bit high. Also maybe a bit thin through the mid palate. Some balsamic notes, kind of zippy acidity but the fruit can't keep up. Some sour cherry and dried berry notes with tobacco, spices and even a touch of citrus on the finish. Dusty drying tannins, but the tannins are not really noticeable. Bit of green/herbal element …

2007 vintage

Brick coloring. Vanilla, soy sauce, tobacco, cherry, vanilla. Silky texture, still some solid structure from tannins after 20 years. Dried red fruit, metallic notes on the palette. Long and steady in the finish. Fantastic.

2005 vintage

Relaxed enough at 20 years to go along with paella marinera

2005 vintage

Anniversary lunch (The Ritz Restaurant **, The Ritz Hotel, London, UK) : The typical, classical López de Heredia style in a more generous idiom, spicy depth, leather and oak, very energetic, firm acidity and ditto sandy tannins, very good depth and weight of ripe (red, blue and black) berry fruit, nice hint of vanilla; youthfully tight finish expands well, oak sweetness, very good length. More fruit and less oak than the cooler 2013. Just released, needs a few more years …

2014 vintage

Aromatic and fairly intense nose with lots of red fruits and berries, lumber yard, green peppers, violets and mixed herbs. Medium bodied palate, acidic, structured. Not quite in balance today, but may well fleshen out in the future. Long finish.

2014 vintage

As usual, once again, I'm reminded I should drink this cuvee a little bit more often. Had a captivating orange peel accent on the finish. Exceedingly well balanced. Gave it a 3hr slow ox in Burg glasses & Btl. Served in the high 50s /low 60s. Rioja, one of the more unique terroir driven reds on the planet that can be sourced for 1/2 of what we should pay for wine this balanced, elegant and unique. Paid $30 locally on …

2007 vintage

Kakao, körsbär, ceder, dill. Avrundad och mindre mogna jordgubbstoner jämfört med Vina Tondonia. Balanserad som resterande av Lopez de Heredias katalog. Medium tanniner och medium syra, tydligare fruktoner på paletten. Lång eftersmak, mycket prisvärd för var pris per flaska.

2014 vintage

반투명한 적갈색 말린 체리, 나무, 가죽, 허브? 장미? 그런 느낌이 강조됨 약간 고소한느낌도 나고 스파이시하고 산미가 아주 도드라지면서 약간의 미네랄리티, 탄닌이 조금 느껴지는데 금방 사그라들고 피니쉬도 김 바디감이 있진 않고 가벼움 약간의 쇠맛 8만원정도 구매했는데 향기가 강하진 않아도 너무 좋았고 맛도 산미가 나쁘지않아 좋았음 다만 약간 쇠맛이 거슬림

2005 vintage

Purchased back in early '18 for $27--I miss those days--and 3 years since our last bottle. Brought to a restaurant, slow-O'd for around 90 minutes before we got to this. Followed one glass over 40 minutes or so. This is in a nice place with fruit still present over herbs, balsamic and crushed rocks. Nice acids up front, silky integrated tannins that finish with a bit of black tea. For me, showed much better than an 07 Tondonia and I …

2006 vintage

Dinner at Porzana (Porzana, Mpls) : Dark red color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. Slow O for about 90 minutes. Hi toned florest floor on the nose, purple flowers, cassis, blueberry on the nose. The palate is medium bodied, juicy cassis, dry spices, black pepper, lacquer, tangy. This developed noticeably more purity with additional time in glass. The nose is the star tonight, but the palate really came on strong. A small step up over the '07 Tondonia …

2006 vintage

Nose of red cherry, clove, hibiscus and tobacco leaf. Tannins are soft and velvety with bright acidity. Palate of tart red cherries, citrus, saline, pomegranate tea and tobacco. Long finish

2014 vintage

Dark garnet colour. Meaty, smoky, creosote, black currant, bitter chocolate, leather, and earth nose. Full, dry, and assertive palate with a solid tannic grip; evolving fruit flavours on the dark, complex finish. 4.5/5

2014 vintage

Silky smooth tart-cherry beaut of a bosconia.

2014 vintage

Just outstanding - the best of Bosconia! Perfect amount of tertiary notes with oak, acidity, cherries and spices. This is just wonderful right now.

2007 vintage

Popped, Venturi decant and served, was drinking within 10 minutes. Color shows only a hint of age, fruit is right there and on the palette it doesn’t show any age, unopened this bottle would easily outlive me. Paired excellently with sautéed pork chop seasoned with Hungarian Paprika. Gained a bit of weight at end but a 750 opened for dinner doesn’t last more than an hour around here. Highly recommended.

2005 vintage

First time with this recently released vintage. Quite closed at the beginning. Opened up after about an hour beginning to show the savory, meaty fruit I associate with Bosconia. Surely would've gained with even more time but was a restaurant purchase so not possible. I think this showed like a cooler vintage maybe with bright acidity and less power (and immediate appeal) than (for example) 09, 10 or 11. But yeah it's very early days of course so hard to …

2014 vintage

Such a wonderful wine. Always so consistent. Has leather and tobacco with tart cherry and really great mouthfeel with umami elements to complement sausages or any fatty meats. Finishes with great acidity leave me wanting to keep refilling the glass..

2005 vintage

Similar to my previous bottle/note, but a touch less expressive. Still lovely. The acidity shines with fatty food (in this case, fatty salty pork belly).

2007 vintage

Decanted. Clear medium ruby color, translucent. Aromas of red apple skin, red plum and black cherry, with lovely secondary pimenton, black tea, clove, and fresh hibiscus. Fresh and lively. Expressive fruit on the palate, plum and raspberry with fresh verve, layered with well-integrated secondary horseshoe leather, nutmeg, fennel, thyme, and tea. Medium bodied with density nicely marrying fine edges with pleasing rusticity, elegant overall with expansiveness. Lively integrated acidity with plush, ripe tannins, finishing with zesty and mouthwatering refined length. …

2014 vintage

failed to shed that sour note after 3 days and never really blossomed. In an awkward in-between phase if I had to guess.

2006 vintage

[TN 2000] slightly hazy medium ruby colour. developing and very expressive aromas and flavours of red and black raspberry, cherry and plum, with blood orange peel, anise, ceylon tea, new leather and spice. dry, with medium body, ripe, chalky tannins and high acidity. delightful in mouth, where the fruit shows fresh and bright but already laced with developing and maturing accents. elegant, complex, balanced and understated. finishes very long with balsamic hints. …aptly in a Burgundy bottle; drinks well already …

2014 vintage

Boisterous red fruit; pretty, but also quite ripe and fruit-forward. Lovely sous bois that is an LdH signature as well. On the palate, it is fleshy and almost jammy. Some heat, and fruit-derived sucrosity, towards the backpalate. Palate is very primary and a touch stewed here. Looking forward to revisiting this as the primary fruit recedes a bit.

2014 vintage

Drinking beautifully - splash decanted for 45 min, then drank over 2 hrs. Visually, some orange/brown hues reveal its age. Intense nose where fruit is now in the background. Oak, while prevalent, has mellowed out. And non-fruit characteristics, esp leather, cigar box, tobacco are prominent. Tannins are quite fine, and acidity is wonderfully refreshing. Wine of the night.

2007 vintage

For me, lengthy tannins, fair bit of tangy acidic fruit- solid. unlike others not wowed.

2005 vintage

Accompanying a paella party to close out the summer. An astoundingly good choice -- 3 bottles and nothing but plaudits.

2006 vintage

Still a stack of vanilla on the nose but tannins receded and fruit still there. This is 4/6 for me. i've drunk them all this year and they've been really good and consistent. Certainly nothing about them suggests they are beyond peak drinking and i'm sure they will go a good while yet

2005 vintage

Consumed over 2 days (stored in Somm Du Vin), note from day 2. Appearance: Clear, medium garnet - deeply opaque with orange rim. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with developed aromas of dried cherry, tobacco, leather, allspice, and brown sugar. Palate: Dry, medium acid, medium tannin is slightly grippy, medium+ intensity, medium+ body, 13.5% abv with developed flavors of dried cherry, tobacco, and dill with a medium+ finish. Balance: Excellent Length: Excellent Intensity: Excellent Complexity: Excellent This has aged gracefully being …

2007 vintage

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