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2004 Conde de Valdemar Rioja Reserva Tempranillo

Tempranillo: 750ml

$13.99

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points awarded:
WA 90

Jeff Loo, JJ Buckley, March 2010

Reddish-purple color with bronze orange rim. The wine reveals aromas of cocoa, coffee bean, turned earth and red bean paste. On the palate, flavors of chocolate, piquant cherry and red apple skins show up with a spicy note of black pepper and cinnamon. This is a medium to full bodied wine that displays Rioja terroir for a song!


90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2009

The 2004 Reserva is a blend of 90% Tempranillo and 10% Mazuelo aged for 18 months in French and American oak. Dark crimson-colored, it reveals an alluring nose of cedar, spice box, tobacco, black cherry, and blackberry. On the palate it displays considerable finesse along with plenty of ripe, spicy red and black fruit, a silky texture, and excellent balance. This lengthy effort will continue to evolve for another 2-3 years and offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2020. -Jay Miller


89 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, October 2010

($20; 90% tempranillo and 10% mazuelo) Dark red. Smoky redcurrant and dark cherry aromas are complemented by tobacco, oak spice and dried flowers; smells like a maturing Bordeaux Dusty red fruit flavors gain sweetness in the mid-palate and pick up darker fruit and licorice qualities. The sweet finish features cherry and dried herb flavors and good grip. -Josh Raynolds


89 points,

Wine Spectator, May 2009

This ripe, maturing red offers generous flavors of plum, dried cherry, tobacco and candied citrus. Shows firm tannins, yet remains lithe and graceful. Traditional in style. Drink now through 2013. 8,000 cases imported. -TM


Jeff Loo, JJ Buckley, March 2010

Reddish-purple color with bronze orange rim. The wine reveals aromas of cocoa, coffee bean, turned earth and red bean paste. On the palate, flavors of chocolate, piquant cherry and red apple skins show up with a spicy note of black pepper and cinnamon. This is a medium to full bodied wine that displays Rioja terroir for a song!


90 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2009

The 2004 Reserva is a blend of 90% Tempranillo and 10% Mazuelo aged for 18 months in French and American oak. Dark crimson-colored, it reveals an alluring nose of cedar, spice box, tobacco, black cherry, and blackberry. On the palate it displays considerable finesse along with plenty of ripe, spicy red and black fruit, a silky texture, and excellent balance. This lengthy effort will continue to evolve for another 2-3 years and offer prime drinking from 2011 to 2020. -Jay Miller


89 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, October 2010

($20; 90% tempranillo and 10% mazuelo) Dark red. Smoky redcurrant and dark cherry aromas are complemented by tobacco, oak spice and dried flowers; smells like a maturing Bordeaux Dusty red fruit flavors gain sweetness in the mid-palate and pick up darker fruit and licorice qualities. The sweet finish features cherry and dried herb flavors and good grip. -Josh Raynolds


89 points,

Wine Spectator, May 2009

This ripe, maturing red offers generous flavors of plum, dried cherry, tobacco and candied citrus. Shows firm tannins, yet remains lithe and graceful. Traditional in style. Drink now through 2013. 8,000 cases imported. -TM


About Winery

The original Bodegas Valdemar was founded in Rioja in 1889 with construction of the current winery dating to 1981. The winery has been one of the pioneers in the push to modernize the style of Rioja wines with the goal to make a fresh, fruit-driven expression. The winery owns a total of 1100 acres divided among the three sub-regions of Rioja.

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