What a great bottle of wine. Thank you @Jim Westby for sharing this and for cooking the excellent mushroom chicken to go with it. This had lovely candies orange peel aromatics, medium body and such good length I am almost still tasting it the next day. Showing no signs of fading at 36!!!
What a great bottle of wine. Thank you @Jim Westby for sharing this and for cooking the excellent mushroom chicken to go with it. This had lovely candies orange peel aromatics, medium body and such good length I am almost still tasting it the next day. Showing no signs of fading at 36!!!
Mar 19th, 2017
Stewed tomato with dried fruit of dark cherry, blackberry, pomegranate. Pickle juice, dill, oregano and olive
Stewed tomato with dried fruit of dark cherry, blackberry, pomegranate. Pickle juice, dill, oregano and olive
Dec 22nd, 2017
Paired with Cuban black beans and pork - our typical Christmas Eve dinner. I don’t typically like too much wood notes in wine but with Rioja it works so well. Bright red fruit, cherry, bit of smoke, the wood gave it a rye whiskey feel, endless finish. Brilliant wine and still on the upswing, no rush on this 1981. My last bottle sadly. 1981
Paired with Cuban black beans and pork - our typical Christmas Eve dinner. I don’t typically like too much wood notes in wine but with Rioja it works so well. Bright red fruit, cherry, bit of smoke, the wood gave it a rye whiskey feel, endless finish. Brilliant wine and still on the upswing, no rush on this 1981. My last bottle sadly. 1981
Dec 26th, 2020
La Rioja Alta, La Rioja, Spain
