Viña Real (CVNE)

Reserva Especial Rioja Tempranillo Blend

9.220 ratings
9.311 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
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
Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

8.7

On the nose this has a dominance of PX style fruit, sweet sticky liquorice and touches of iodine.
In the mouth this is rather dried out and the tannins just drop straight off the front palate there is some fruit with a dry, blackcurrant edge, touch bitter and dilute, drinkable and interesting (bit of an odd ball this)but going nowhere.

On the nose this has a dominance of PX style fruit, sweet sticky liquorice and touches of iodine.
In the mouth this is rather dried out and the tannins just drop straight off the front palate there is some fruit with a dry, blackcurrant edge, touch bitter and dilute, drinkable and interesting (bit of an odd ball this)but going nowhere.

May 3rd, 2015
Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.2

Lovely earth and elegant strawberry. Nice nose and finish

Lovely earth and elegant strawberry. Nice nose and finish

Dec 17th, 2014
Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.0

Lovely balanced. Good fruit Delicate spice and cloves. Good finish. Buy

Lovely balanced. Good fruit Delicate spice and cloves. Good finish. Buy

Oct 5th, 2013
Eric Brown

1966

Sep 28th, 2015
Conrad Green

Sour cherry and pretty raspberry on the nose. Noticeable dry wood on palate but the general fruit quality is lovely with hints of meat, leather and sandalwood. Very good

Sour cherry and pretty raspberry on the nose. Noticeable dry wood on palate but the general fruit quality is lovely with hints of meat, leather and sandalwood. Very good

Feb 19th, 2016
Conrad Green

Very pretty.

Very pretty.

Sep 6th, 2015
Michael Pitts

decanted 6hrs

decanted 6hrs

Nov 26th, 2014