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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: Nude Glass Powerful Reds
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2017 Marques de Riscal Reserva Rioja Spain
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The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
Wine is fascinating. This year's seasons will be captured by the grapes that grow in the vineyards. The wine that will be pressed in autumn will reflect today's weather, viticulture, and winemaking techniques. In the year 2124 someone might open a bottle produced this year and will go: Damn, this is delicious.
Today I want to feel that feeling and share it with you as I am going to open three bottles, made by the same producer in the same region. The main difference: one is less than ten years old, one is 50 years old, and one is more than 100 years old… 110 years to be precise. So let's travel back in time through the decades and the centuries…
The wines for this tasting were sold to me by Paul, a subscriber who collected them and wanted me to taste them in a video. Marques de Riscal is a well-known brand whose history goes back a long time. I tasted this wine from a different vintage in my first viral video a few years ago - and I liked it back then.
The title "Marqués" indicates nobility and hereditary privilege, while "de Riscal" refers to a specific land or place (Wikipedia)
During the Spanish civil wars of the mid-19th century, the Marqués de Riscal lived in Bordeaux (WSET) and when he returned, he applied their newfound expertise, including maturation in barriques - he also relied on the help of cellar master Jean Pineau who established the Bordeaux winemaking techniques at the winery.
Marqués de Riscal was founded in 1858, producing its first bottled wine in 1862, and they claim that those were the first bottled Rioja wine. In 1895, Riscal became the first non-French wine to receive a Diploma of Honor at the International Wine Exposition of Bordeaux. Phylloxera heavily impacted Rioja in 1899, reducing Riscal's harvests from 1,000 tons to 75 tons between vintages of 1900 to 1906. Before Phylloxera devastated Rioja's vineyards, it demolished France’s. Rioja's wines, in both style and proximity to France, then served as a suitable replacement. To meet this new demand, many new wineries were founded, particularly around the railway station in Haro, to ship wine in bulk to France. Rioja became one of the most famous - if not the most famous - wine region in Spain.