EP 239 Rioja Wine. Everyone is Asking So Here You Go!

I don’t remember being requested for a certain area of wines more then the mad push for Rioja in the last few weeks, so here we go!

Wines tasted in this episode:

1981 Lopez De Heredia Tondonia Blanco Rioja Gran ReservaRioja
Bodegas Montecillo Rioja RedRioja
2001 Rioja Vega ReservaRioja
2003 Torre Muga RiojaRioja

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Krishna Patel

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Tags: red wines, review, Rioja, Spain, Video, white wines, wine, wines

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  • Jens Hork

    Yes, welcome back. Youâ??ve been missed

    QOTD: I would like to see one day a Rayas â??90: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31445
    or maybe just a good Cornas or Côte-Rotie.

  • Jens Hork

    Yes, welcome back. Youâ??ve been missed

    QOTD: I would like to see one day a Rayas â??90: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31445
    or maybe just a good Cornas or Côte-Rotie.

  • Orion Slayer

    It’s great when you taste wines from different regions around the world. It’s like a refresher course on my wine book (“The Wine Bible”.)

    QOTD: I would love to taste the wines of Peidmont. I have had a Barbera, but not from Italy. From the discription I read of the barolas, that is the wine I want to try the most!

  • Justmarsh

    QOD:

    You did say any wine right?

    1945 DRC magnum

    Ok, if we’re being realistic, then:

    I’d really like to try a Pavie or Chat. Margaux

  • Orion Slayer

    It’s great when you taste wines from different regions around the world. It’s like a refresher course on my wine book (“The Wine Bible”.)

    QOTD: I would love to taste the wines of Peidmont. I have had a Barbera, but not from Italy. From the discription I read of the barolas, that is the wine I want to try the most!

  • Justmarsh

    QOD:

    You did say any wine right?

    1945 DRC magnum

    Ok, if we’re being realistic, then:

    I’d really like to try a Pavie or Chat. Margaux

  • stewart l

    QOD- Would love to get my hands on Sea Smoke Pinots-haven’t seen them on the East coast

  • stewart l

    QOD- Would love to get my hands on Sea Smoke Pinots-haven’t seen them on the East coast

  • RieslingRon

    Missed you last week……….

    QOTD: the 95-97 Barolos………all way out of my budget!!!!

    How about a Rose episode with summer coming on??

  • RieslingRon

    Missed you last week……….

    QOTD: the 95-97 Barolos………all way out of my budget!!!!

    How about a Rose episode with summer coming on??

  • Sue Z.

    QOD – If I could taste any wine in the world, it would have to be the 1999 Dal Forno Amarone. It’s the only wine you ever scored 100 points!

  • Sue Z.

    QOD – If I could taste any wine in the world, it would have to be the 1999 Dal Forno Amarone. It’s the only wine you ever scored 100 points!

  • Bossman

    Up your wheelhouse? Okay, not a big sports fan, so I had to resort to Urban dictionary (although the context is “in” in the examples).

    Welcome back, you’ve been missed (and another 2 of those dirty annoyances out of my pocket).

  • Bossman

    Up your wheelhouse? Okay, not a big sports fan, so I had to resort to Urban dictionary (although the context is “in” in the examples).

    Welcome back, you’ve been missed (and another 2 of those dirty annoyances out of my pocket).

  • Jonathon M Chicago

    Welcome back bro! Nice Ep.
    QOTD: Languedoc-roussillon Size: 750ML Library Code: 29985

  • Jonathon M Chicago

    Welcome back bro! Nice Ep.
    QOTD: Languedoc-roussillon Size: 750ML Library Code: 29985

  • Harold

    QOTD: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=9132 I can’t help but be intrigued.

  • Harold

    QOTD: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=9132 I can’t help but be intrigued.

  • QOTD: I’d love to see an episode on non-White Zin Rose wines. Specifically this one ( http://corkd.com/wine/view/17676-2004_Copain_Saisons_des_vins_Ros__Le_Printemps ) which has a good score on Cork’d.

  • QOTD: I’d love to see an episode on non-White Zin Rose wines. Specifically this one ( http://corkd.com/wine/view/17676-2004_Copain_Saisons_des_vins_Ros__Le_Printemps ) which has a good score on Cork’d.

  • Addendum: Also, I’d like to trow in this one to the non-Zin blush wine show… http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=11979

  • Addendum: Also, I’d like to trow in this one to the non-Zin blush wine show… http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=11979

  • KenP
  • KenP
  • vivaitalia

    Great to have you back, it’s crazy how wltv has become a staple of my daily routine. I think i’ll try some rioja, I tried the montecillo and didn’t like it at all so I figured I just wouldn’t like any of them, but now i’m thinking I just need to try a better producer. QOTD: I’ve been intrigued by the pavie http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=1265. But more up my alley and price range would be the 1999 frescobaldi brunello http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=2220. Also anything from Gaja, I recently had the 2004 promis ca’marcanda which is probably their least expensive wine and was blown away by the complexity and polish. I couldn’t imagine what their higher level ones are like. Keep up the great work, i’ve developed a great passion for wine and you’re a big reason for that.

  • vivaitalia

    Great to have you back, it’s crazy how wltv has become a staple of my daily routine. I think i’ll try some rioja, I tried the montecillo and didn’t like it at all so I figured I just wouldn’t like any of them, but now i’m thinking I just need to try a better producer. QOTD: I’ve been intrigued by the pavie http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=1265. But more up my alley and price range would be the 1999 frescobaldi brunello http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=2220. Also anything from Gaja, I recently had the 2004 promis ca’marcanda which is probably their least expensive wine and was blown away by the complexity and polish. I couldn’t imagine what their higher level ones are like. Keep up the great work, i’ve developed a great passion for wine and you’re a big reason for that.

  • Mike S.

    QOTD: Any vintage of the Matriarch by Bond, or the Maiden by Harlan Estate. Two wines, that, for whatever reason, are really piquing my curiosity right now.

  • Mike S.

    QOTD: Any vintage of the Matriarch by Bond, or the Maiden by Harlan Estate. Two wines, that, for whatever reason, are really piquing my curiosity right now.

  • Motobob

    I’d like to get your spin on Citra 2005 Montepulciano D’Abruzzo. Cheap but…

  • Motobob

    I’d like to get your spin on Citra 2005 Montepulciano D’Abruzzo. Cheap but…

  • JayZee

    Great episode. My wife and I really enjoy Rioja, although I haven’t had any 26 year old white ones lately. 😉

    QOTD: Since you mentioned it, I would LOVE to try this one:
    http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=28826

    🙂

  • JayZee

    Great episode. My wife and I really enjoy Rioja, although I haven’t had any 26 year old white ones lately. 😉

    QOTD: Since you mentioned it, I would LOVE to try this one:
    http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=28826

    🙂

  • SoCal

    Welcome back to the air!
    QOTD: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=29985
    I would have picked Screaming Eagle but WL does not carry it. 🙂

  • SoCal

    Welcome back to the air!
    QOTD: http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=29985
    I would have picked Screaming Eagle but WL does not carry it. 🙂

  • JayZee

    More on QOTD: Since you asked, stuff that WL doesn’t have (at least at the moment) that I would LOVE to try some day: Marcassin Cab, Quilceda Creek Cab, anything from SQN, basically “special” stuff that i cannot get here in Ohio and that I can’t really afford most of the time.

  • JayZee

    More on QOTD: Since you asked, stuff that WL doesn’t have (at least at the moment) that I would LOVE to try some day: Marcassin Cab, Quilceda Creek Cab, anything from SQN, basically “special” stuff that i cannot get here in Ohio and that I can’t really afford most of the time.

  • mbannon

    I just spent a week camping out in the wilds with my family, but didn’t really feel like I was home until the WLTV episode…ahhhh. And Rioja, too, nice!

    QOD – For some reason, I’ve always felt my wine education is incomplete until I taste d’Yquem. http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32298 I keep hoping to find it at a tasting, but the years keep rolling by and I’m starting to think I might have to shell out the dough for a bottle of my very own.

  • auspuff

    QOTD:
    Concha Y Toro Marques De Casa Chardonnay 2005
    http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31202

  • Harley Stan

    Gary,
    Nice to see you back. Great episode, I recently had a wine from LaMancha and it was pretty good, I will have to seek out something from Rioja on my next trip to the store.
    QOTD Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars FAY Cabernet Sauvignon 2002. It is about 100 bones here locally and I did not see it at Wine Library, the other Stag’s Leap wine I have tried was awsome.

  • CindyW

    Glad you’re back, Gary! I was jonezin for a good wine review. 🙂

    QOTD: Penfolds Grange, http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/32107/

  • mbannon

    I just spent a week camping out in the wilds with my family, but didn’t really feel like I was home until the WLTV episode…ahhhh. And Rioja, too, nice!

    QOD – For some reason, I’ve always felt my wine education is incomplete until I taste d’Yquem. http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32298 I keep hoping to find it at a tasting, but the years keep rolling by and I’m starting to think I might have to shell out the dough for a bottle of my very own.

  • auspuff

    QOTD:
    Concha Y Toro Marques De Casa Chardonnay 2005
    http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=31202

  • Harley Stan

    Gary,
    Nice to see you back. Great episode, I recently had a wine from LaMancha and it was pretty good, I will have to seek out something from Rioja on my next trip to the store.
    QOTD Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars FAY Cabernet Sauvignon 2002. It is about 100 bones here locally and I did not see it at Wine Library, the other Stag’s Leap wine I have tried was awsome.

  • CindyW

    Glad you’re back, Gary! I was jonezin for a good wine review. 🙂

    QOTD: Penfolds Grange, http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/32107/

  • SoCal

    This one would do as well…… https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32349

  • SoCal

    This one would do as well…… https://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32349

  • CindyW

    Ooops, let me re-enter the URL (still had the last one from copy-paste):

    http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32313

    That should actually be the Penfolds Grange.

  • CindyW

    Ooops, let me re-enter the URL (still had the last one from copy-paste):

    http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=32313

    That should actually be the Penfolds Grange.

  • Ben N.

    Hey Gary,

    Glad your back and great episode.
    QOTD: I would like to try this http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=29925
    or something like it.

    Ben

  • Ben N.

    Hey Gary,

    Glad your back and great episode.
    QOTD: I would like to try this http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=29925
    or something like it.

    Ben

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