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May 27June 04, 2024
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LOT 264

Lot 264

R. LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA RIOJA GRAN RESERVA VIÑA TONDONIA 2001 (3) WA 98

R. LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA RIOJA GRAN RESERVA VIÑA TONDONIA 2001 (3) WA 98
Lot 264 Details
R. LÓPEZ DE HEREDIA RIOJA GRAN RESERVA VIÑA TONDONIA 2001

Rioja, Spain.

It has a nose of sweet spices, underbrush and cigar ash, somewhat balsamic, bramble fruit with perfect ripeness, integrated and young but starting to show some tertiary complexity. The palate is velvety and medium-bodied, with fine-grained, chalky tannins denoting a limestone soil that brings finesse and texture and a sapid, tasty, almost salty finish. This is going to make a beautiful bottle of old Rioja in 30 years' time! 25,000 bottles produced. October 2020 Drink to 2040 WA 98

3 bts.    per lot $500 - $700

Realised: $804
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

CONDITION DETAILS

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LOT 264
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