LiQuery - El Puntido Gran Reserva 2007

Item:	11291
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2007 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2022-09-01
Producer:	Vi�edos de P�ganos
Location:	Spain - Rioja
Price:	$95.00 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Full-bodied & Smooth
Alcohol:	14.0%
Varietal:	Tempranillo
Sugar Code:	XD (2.0 g/L)
Rating:	96
Total Inventory:	60 vs. on
Glass Style:	Temperanillo Purchase Glass

Description
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Tasting Notes
Putting my nose in the glass of the 2007 El Puntido Gran Reserva transported me to the classical Riojas from yesteryear. The wine has a fully developed nose with all the textbook descriptors of a good aged Rioja - forest floor, cigar ash, cold bonfire, truffle, cherries in liqueur, blonde tobacco, spices and iodine. But this is a classical Gran Reserva that has something that was not that traditional, and it comes from a single vineyard and matured in brand new French oak barrels for 28 months. But time in bottle has polished it (it was bottled in June 2010, almost nine years ago); the tannins are mostly resolved and it's nicely textured. It has what I love about the best red wine - it's salty rather than sweet, there is no room for sweetness here, and it's sapid and tasty and has great balance and freshness. This is developing at a very slow pace and should continue doing so for a very long time. A great Gran Reserva in the making. Only 5,000 bottles were produced from 2007, a ve

Tasting Notes