Viña Real (CVNE)

Reserva Especial Rioja Tempranillo Blend

9.395 ratings
9.348 pro ratings
La Rioja Alta, La Rioja, Spain
Tempranillo Blend
Duck, Pasta, Beans & Peas, Goose, Chili & Hot Spicy, Exotic Spices, Game, Baking Spices, Herbs, Mushrooms, Hard Cheese, Turkey, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Tomato-Based, Venison, Pungent Cheese, Soft Cheese, Onion, Chicken, Veal, Paella
Top Notes For
Ryan Mullins

So alive, fresh and beautiful while being fully developed

So alive, fresh and beautiful while being fully developed

Jul 21st, 2021
boyd

An incredible wine. 🤯

An incredible wine. 🤯

Jul 3rd, 2021
Mike Saviage

Tasted blind. Dark tawny with good fruit, mocha, black cherry. Tannins fully resolved. This is clearly old and a CMF wine (Chateau Mind F***). The consensus thinking is this is really old, really good and something we’ve not had before. I guess 78 Guigal La La. Other guesses were equally all over the board. Great to try out an old/aged Spanish wine… one of our group is exploring more of these old Spanish wines, given the rise in cost of everything else around it. Thanks for sharing Steve!

Tasted blind. Dark tawny with good fruit, mocha, black cherry. Tannins fully resolved. This is clearly old and a CMF wine (Chateau Mind F***). The consensus thinking is this is really old, really good and something we’ve not had before. I guess 78 Guigal La La. Other guesses were equally all over the board. Great to try out an old/aged Spanish wine… one of our group is exploring more of these old Spanish wines, given the rise in cost of everything else around it. Thanks for sharing Steve!

Mar 21st, 2021
Conrad Green

Dark plums, dried herbs, a hint of tobacco. Black cherry, wood. This is still fresh at the front with a lovely complex midpalate and a long finish. Great stuff

Dark plums, dried herbs, a hint of tobacco. Black cherry, wood. This is still fresh at the front with a lovely complex midpalate and a long finish. Great stuff

Aug 1st, 2020
Conrad Green

Plums and spicy wood. Quite puckering with a faint hint of licorice. Lovely stuff.

Plums and spicy wood. Quite puckering with a faint hint of licorice. Lovely stuff.

Jun 5th, 2019
Conrad Green

Pretty dried cherry, roses and plum on the nose. Dried herbs and lovely definition still. Pretty and charming.

Pretty dried cherry, roses and plum on the nose. Dried herbs and lovely definition still. Pretty and charming.

Jun 5th, 2019
Conrad Green

Dark and intense, like syrupy aged Grenache. Intense plum. In great shape given the age. Excellent. Sticky and sweet edges.

Dark and intense, like syrupy aged Grenache. Intense plum. In great shape given the age. Excellent. Sticky and sweet edges.

Jun 5th, 2019
Ian Burrows

Sommelier Atelier Crenn

9.8

Incredible condition, well integrated spices/dill oak, great density, plenty of concentration of complex fruit, held up over two days without decanting. As perfect as any 50 yo bottle I have ever enjoyed..

Incredible condition, well integrated spices/dill oak, great density, plenty of concentration of complex fruit, held up over two days without decanting. As perfect as any 50 yo bottle I have ever enjoyed..

Jun 4th, 2018
Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.1

Lovely. Needs time to open.

Lovely. Needs time to open.

Apr 23rd, 2018
Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.2

Lovely balance

Lovely balance

Nov 5th, 2017