Cosecha Rioja Tempranillo

Pretty close to my last notes. Definitely needed the time to come into tasty Rioja phase. Cherries, fig, tobacco, herbs de Provence. Awesome with pizza.

Now this is a Rioja! Excellent structure, powerful rich dark fruits, elegant texture, superbly integrated tannins and oak wrappings that introduce prodominate sweet tobacco notes and toasty vanilla following, winding down in a gripping finale! $30 for this bottle and it backs up every cent. Definitely would be a bottle to impress a dinner party, all I can say is, Bravo!

Creamy cherries, tobacco, and currants are carried along by grippy, yet fine-grained tannins. Sharing this with friends over a grilled Angus ribeye! Any hint of oak only provides slight tertiary tones.

This bottle was an anomaly: had this many times, this was so vegetal, so absolutely herbaceous, forest floor & medicinal. Interesting to see what the next one brings

Solid showing - haven’t had this in 5+ yrs & really peaking w/inky color & bricking on swirl - still resembles Left Bank effort, New World Rioja for sure: cherry, red & black plum, boysenberry, cassis, vanilla, tobacco, subtle cedar, black pepper and vein of minerality running thru… finely grained tannins along w/integrated acidity makes this a very complete experience.

Good Rioja

Solid though a bit one dimensional.

Second time around with this wine and still enjoying it just as much.

Needs time to open. Smooth and smokey. Jammy finish.

I was the only one drinking who really liked this. It's well-developed and shows lots of wood and spice, less oopy-gloopy fruit. Excellent with NY style pizza.