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Mitarte Rioja Crianza(2002)
- Winery:
- Bodegas Mitarte
- Varietal:
- Region:
- Spain > Rioja
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- smooth, oak - heavy, bitters, doc, cherry, meat, rioja, sophisticated, earthy, chemical
- Sung
- Brooklyn, NY
- March 2007
- Very smooth with raisin notes. Smooth finish. Good oak - leather and dill.
- The Wine Messenger
- 92.5/100
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March 2007
- One of the top wines of Bodegas Mitarte, an elegant Rioja Crianza with a smooth finish.
This is a dark cherry, garnet colored wine with a potent nose of jammy red fruit, spicy oak, and herbs. A flavorful palate of red fruit and spice flavors typical of Tempranillo also offers a hint of wood and nice drying tannins leading to a smooth finish. An elegant wine that pairs well with roast or barbecued chicken, lamb chops, London broil, and sheeps milk cheese. Can cellar for 4 to 6 years.
- Sung
- Brooklyn, NY
- March 2007
- Can't remember this wine too much. I don't recall it being bad but I don't recall it being superb either.
- Philip
- Brooklyn, NY
- March 2007
- At 14% this wine has quite an alcoholic nose. In the mouth, however, its beautiful. Lots of well integrated oak, good supple tannins, well aged. Good baked fruit flavors. A fine Crianza.
- Philip
- Brooklyn, NY
- February 2007
- Beautiful! A great wine - smooth, well integrated tannins, good oak, great fruit and a beautiful, long finish. I recently bought 12 bottles to a weekend away with friends and this was the unanimous favorite by each of us.
