1999 Bodega Numanthia Toro Numanthia

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  2/27/2023 - forceberry wrote: 81 Points

  100% Tinta de Toro from over 100 ungrafted, non-irrigated parcels aged between 70 and 100 yo located in the villages of Valdefinjas, Toro and El Pego. The fully destemmed fruit is cold-soaked with the skins for more than a week followed by fermentation and maceration over a period of 28 days. Aged in new French oak barrels for 19 months. 14,5% alcohol.
  
  Deep, somewhat translucent and still surprisingly youthful blood-red color. The nose feels characterful and somewhat rustic with aromas of wizened figs and sweet balsamic tones, some bretty notes of barnyard, a little bit of cherry marmalade, light volatile notes of medicinal ether, sweet hints of ripe boysenberries and dark raisiny fruit, a touch of dusty earth and a whiff of dried flowers. The wine feels ripe, warm and somewhat fat on the palate with a very full body and juicy, slightly funky flavors of wizened dark fruits, some raisiny tones, a little bit of dusty earth, light barnyardy notes of brett, a hint of prunes and a touch of phenolic spice. The wine is quite modest in acidity with rather ripe and resolved medium tannins. The finish is big, chewy and quite warm with moderately grippy tannins and a long aftertaste of raisins and prunes, some bitter notes of phenolic spice, a little bit of bretty barnyard, light oxidative notes of soy sauce, a sweet hint of toasty, dark-toned oak spice and a touch of balsamic VA.
  
  Unlike any other Numanthia wine we tasted, this wine had an obvious hint of bretty funk that added a nice and distinctive streak of rustic complexity to the wine. However, this funky complexity didn't manage to save the wine from its otherwise too ripe, soft and ponderous overall character. Although this wine didn't seem as tired and oxidative as some of its peers from this same period - on the contrary, for the most part this wine seemed relatively youthful for its age - it seemed softer and more blowzy than most of the Numanthias we tasted. With this much body and sweet, concentrated old-vine fruit, a wine would need a lot of acidity and tannic structure to come across as firm and balanced - unfortunately, this vintage was badly lacking in both. While this was aromatically a bit more interesting than most other vintages, otherwise the wine left quite a disappointing impression.

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  1/12/2023 - t.c.green Likes this wine: 90 Points

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  1/28/2022 - CheviotCellar Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Splendid bottle. Slox ox for several hours. Burgundy body with toffee edges. Pinot noir thin in appearance. Nose is assertive, fresh shoe leather, cranberry, red cherry, cinnamon whiskey barrel, caramel. Palate is silky and exuberant, there's tannin but no grit or separation whatsoever. Lovely fruit, mature but not past its prime in any way. Very long finish.
  
  Drank along with the 2000 which was more powerful but not as elegant. In the end, we could not say that we prefer one over the other. Both were amazing and exceeded expectations.

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  1/17/2022 - dkentaustin Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Amber hue. Wet leather, tobacco, cedar and earth. Dark deep robust wine with juicy plum and blueberry. We would recommend drinking.
  
  p.s. leftovers

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  12/25/2021 - bjamesclark wrote: 95 Points

  Made from old (70-100 years), ungrafted vines planted at an elevation of 2300 feet, yields were a minuscule 1.5 tons of fruit per acre. The wine was aged 18 months in 100% new French oak, with malolactic in barrel, and was bottled without fining or filtration.
  Decanted of the moderate sediment and allowed to breathe.
  
  Aromas still show intensity along with the development and the evolution of this wine. Complex scents of leather, old hardbound books and tobacco wrap around the notes of dried fig, plum, dried cherry, coffee, dried rose and old/stale potpourri, earth, pencil box, cedar, spice and hints of cocoa powder and soy sauce.
  On the palate this full-bodied wine still exudes power and luxury, like a high-end sports car. Tannins are firm and though settled in from age still quite gripping. Acidity is structured and provides a backbone for the wine. Complex and evolved flavors show dried fruits of cherry, cranberry and fig with black plum tones, dried rose, tobacco, leather, herbs, cocoa, pencil, earth and soy sauce. The finish is long and effortless.
  
  An amazing showing from this vintage that still has quite a bit of life left in it.

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