El Coto de Rioja Gran Reserva Coto de Imaz Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2012

Brent S

Opened up day two.

Sipping Fine Wine

Deep Ruby with dark fruit aromas and sweet baking spice notes. On the palate blackberry and black cherry flavors with notes of cinnamon, cacao and earthy spice. Savory full fine tannins on medium finish ending with fruit and forest floor character. Good value. Tasted twice.

Sipping Fine Wine

Fist, the Gran Reserva is significantly better than the Reserva. Deep Ruby with dark fruit aromas, oak and toasty spice, has 10% Graciano in blend. On the palate plum, cherry and blackberry flavors with notes of leather, cacao and vanilla spice. Savory ripe fine tannins on long finish ending with fruit and tangy oak. Tasting Sample.

Sipping Fine Wine

Deep Ruby with dark fruit aromas and sweet baking spice notes. On the palate blackberry and black cherry flavors with notes of cinnamon, cacao and earthy spice. Savory full tannins on medium finish ending with fruit and forest floor character. Ok for price. Tasting Sample.

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

Big and brawny. Great with a lamb burger.

Kim Tae Wan

Almost perfect after 30 minutes

Jason Keefer

Very nice rioja, just hitting its stride!

Paul K

Good day 1, great day 2. This is quite a bit different than what we remember from our first bottle - more old leather character which we both enjoyed. Nose is leather, floral, and stewed dark fruit. Nice chewy mouthfeel. Cherry, fig, baking spice, and acidity. I’d love to have this with a great food pairing. Thinking duck breast with fruit sauce and ancient grains.

Paul K

This is very good! Black cherry, black raspberry, licorice, with nice acidity and tannins. Pretty well balanced, long finish, easy drinking. Strong oak influence, but tannins aren’t out of place. Interesting to see the variation on ratings for this one.

Heather Robinson

HWT - nice everyday red but a bit too $ for the light flavor, $33 14.5