Marqués de Murrieta - Rioja Dalmau 2016 (750ml)
Price: $99.99
| Producer | Marqués de Murrieta |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | La Rioja |
| Varietal | Tempranillo Blend |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Vinous: 95 Points
Opaque ruby. Expansive, oak-spiced cherry, black currant and floral oil aromas are complemented by suggestions of vanilla and licorice. Sweet, seamless and penetrating on the palate, offering intense dark berry, cherry preserve and spice cake flavors and a repeating vanilla note. Shows velvety texture and appealing sweetness on the impressively long, juicy finish, which features repeating florality and polished, slow-building tannin's.
Rated 95/100 Vinous Media
James Suckling: 94-95 Points
Ripe and intense red with tempranillo, graciano and a touch of cabernet sauvignon. Jumps out of the glass with crushed flowers and berries. Full body, round and juicy tannins and a flavorful finish. Shows excellent potential. Barrel sample.
Rated 94-95/100 James Suckling
Rated 96/100 Tim Atkins (Decanter Magazine)
Rated 98/100 Guía Vinos Gourmets
Wine Advocate: 94-95 Points
Exceptionally, I also tasted an unbottled sample of the 2016 Dalmau Reserva, which will be launched in January 2019, as they want to show the public the change in the 2016 vintage. 2016 saw a very good growing season, and the harvest was in late September. It feels like a very young Bordeaux blend, elegant and powerful. And as I saw in the other 2016 I sampled (the Reserva), this has gained in precision (it fermented at 24 degrees Celsius, quite cold for a red), avoiding too much extraction, and that seems noticeable in the texture and the quality of the tannins, sleek, velvety, more elegant, focused and sophisticated. This has all the traces to be the most elegant and finest vintage of Dalmau to date. There will be some 16,000 bottles of this, which should be bottled in June 2019.
Rated 94-95/100 The Wine Advocate
