2008 Vina Tondonia Reserva
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Tasting notes
This ethereal red shows delicate complexity, with tobacco and leather notes weaving through the dried cherry and orange peel notes. Elements of coffee, dried herb and loamy earth linger through the long finish, with supple, moderate tannins.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Josh Raynolds, Vinous
More reviews and scores
Smells like red-apple skins. The snap of green runner beans. Mushroom compost. Coffee beans in yuzu syrup. How to describe this wine at the end of a long tasting… it's just unspeakably beautiful. A Lindenberg poem? Shadows across the cobbles? Sunset lighting up old stone walls? Roast chestnuts on a wintery night? It defies description. I wanted to spend hours with this wine, slipping under its spell with total abandon. Criminally underpriced. VVGV (TC)
Smells like red-apple skins. The snap of green runner beans. Mushroom compost. Coffee beans in yuzu syrup. How to describe this wine at the end of a long tasting… it's just unspeakably beautiful. A Lindenberg poem? Shadows across the cobbles? Sunset lighting up old stone walls? Roast chestnuts on a wintery night? It defies description. I wanted to spend hours with this wine, slipping under its spell with total abandon. Criminally underpriced.
Dark, bright-rimmed garnet. An expressive bouquet displays red and black currant, dried cherry, cigar box, vanilla, rose oil and cured tobacco scents plus a baking spice topnote. Appealingly sweet and energetic red and dark berry, floral pastille and chewing tobacco flavors show tight focus and spicy cut. Candied rose and vanilla notes linger on the long, lively finish, which is framed by smooth, well-judged tannins. (JR)