Moral Diez

Alvarez y Diez

Mantel Blanco Sobre Lías Rueda Verdejo

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET
9.0

Nice fresh #Verdejo — 2 years ago

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Diez-Caballero

Vendimia Seleccionada Rioja Tempranillo 2016

"Basque country overlaps with the Rioja appellation, and Diez-Caballero's 2014 Reserva embodies that unique culture's esthetic and gastronomic identity. Its aromatics leap from the glass in waves of blackberry and vanilla notes while dark cherry flavors and polished tannins extend through the satisfying finish" — 2 years ago

Moral Compass

Columbia Valley Red Wine Blend 2017

Beautiful sipping wine gifted for my birthday. Wonderful night of sips — 3 years ago

Diez Merito

Pemartín Pedro Ximénez

With yellow, ample aroma. Slight sweet. Diez Merito Pemartin Pedro Ximenez Oloroso @, AD, 250210 — 3 months ago

Quilceda Creek

Palengat Horse Heaven Hills Red Blend 2020

I’m going to leave my original review up, but if you want my final review of the this wine, scroll down to the bottom.

My original rating was 9.1– Pine and a hint of leather on the nose. Currents on the front of the palate. Medium tannic structure—but not much going on on the mid palate. Ends with a lot of tart high notes on the finish. There is a pleasant mineral astringency that lingers after one swallows. I rather like that. I’m going to let this sit for a half an hour to see if the tartness of the finish mellows out a bit. There’s not much here to open up though. this is a perfectly fine wine, but it’s not QC’s best. Slightly disappointed.

Update: after being left in a decanter for an hour and a half (I got distracted) the fruit on the front and the mineral finish faded, leaving the astringency at the back of the palate with tannins that were unable to balance the bitterness. This is a wine that’s best guzzled quickly [at least if you intend to drink the wine today— see my further comments below].

Updated rating, two days later: 9.6!
Oh my! Because this wine didn’t seem very exceptional, I put the remainder in an empty plastic water bottle. I squeezed out most of the air and I capped it and left it for two days. I certainly wasn’t expecting much when I drank it tonight, But it went from OK to fantastic! Bouquet was 100 percent leather. The fruit had faded on the front, but the tannins from front to back are now intriguingly complex. Lots of earth, and mineral notes all along the palate, and the finish is longer. Yummy!

The moral is don’t bother to decant this sucker. Open the bottle, at least 24 hours before you intend to drink it, and do the French thing of pouring off half a glass and then re-corking the bottle. Truly an amazing transformation!
— 2 years ago

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Diez Siglos

Nekora Rueda Verdejo 2021

Different but delicious — a year ago

Doble De Diez

Tempranillo 2020

Fairly mild for Tempranillo. Little tannins, not very fruit-forward, pleasant but nothing special. — 2 years ago

Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot

Rose Massale Chardonnay

Most of Tissot’s Chardonnays were sold out, but we were able to taste this unusual cuvée, made with Chardonnay Rose, a rare
Chardonnay mutation with bright pink berries Tissot discovered in the Tour de Curon and Mailloche vineyards (propagated by selection massale). Aged for 12 months in oak. Moral floral than regular Chardonnay. Vibrant. Delicious
— 3 years ago

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Diez-Caballero

Crianza Rioja Tempranillo 2018

Вкусное довольно легкое вино. Нотки лесных ягод, вкусное послевкусие — 4 years ago