
2004 López de Heredia "Viña Tondonia" Reserva Rioja (Ex-Bodega 2026)
94
John Gilman
Review Date: 03/2017The 2004 Viña Tondonia Reserva is a beautiful bottle that is just starting to blossom, but is clearly built for the long haul and will be drinking far better a decade down the road. The bouquet is deep and nascently complex, wafting from the glass in a mix of cherries, red plums, toasted coconut, Rioja spice tones, a touch of mustard seed and a topnote of cigar smoke. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and tangy, with a lovely core, excellent soil inflection, fine-grained tannins and lovely length and grip on the nascently complex finish. This is very easy to drink already, but it has not yet developed the full panoply of Tondonia complexity yet and will be even better with another half dozen years of bottle age. A lovely bottle.
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Professional Reviews
94
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 04/2015
93
Vinous
Review Date: 05/2017
Product Details
Origin: Rioja, Spain
Type/Varietal: Tempranillo
SKU: #1689216

