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Gran Reserva 904
-- Internet: -- John Gilman: The 2001 Rioja Gran Reserva“904” from La Rioja Alta is a very classic wine in terms of its octane, tipping the scales at an old school and very cool 12.5 percent. The wine is outstanding, wafting from the glass in a complex and classy mélange of red and black cherries, a touch of raspberry, cloves, spicy Rioja soil tones, mustard seed, incipient nutskin, a touch of toasted coconut from American oak, as well as bit of cedar from its French wood section of the orchestra. On the palate the wine is just beautiful, offering up stunning intensity of flavor without undue weight in its medium-full, but rock solid format. The wine has a lovely core of fruit, superb soil signature, a touch of tannin, tangy acids and great focus and balance on the very long and complex finish. This is a beautiful wine that will age for decades and decades. It is not a blockbuster by any stretch of the imagination, but a wine that will develop great perfume and nuances of complexity as the years unfold. Great juice. 2014-2050. 94+/100 -- Weinwelt: Auch der zweite von La Rioja Alta gehört zu den besten: klassische, deutlich erkennbare Riojanase mit feinsäuerlicher Zimtwürze und einem Hauch Tabak, zeitlos moderner Bilderbuch-Rioja, wunderbare Eleganz und Struktur, anhaltende Dichte, feinste Säure, wird noch viele Jahre Spaß machen. 93/100 --Penin: Dunkles Kirschrot, orangenfarbener Saum. Aroma elegant, ausgewogen. Kräutersäckchen, würzig, feine Reduktionsnoten. Am Gaumen ausgewogen, klassischer Ausbau, feinkörnige Tannine. 94/100