WTN:Rioja 2003 Edulis Bodegas Altanza

[Don Giovanni]

TN:Rioja 2003 Edulis Bodegas Altanza New World Tempranillo

Made from 100% Tempranillo (known locally as Tinto Fino)

"Edulis" the name of a mushroom AKA Porcini.

This wine is from one from the 2006 Stevenson's Wine Report as one of a top 10 upcoming producers that was produced for North Side exclusively under this alias label “Edulis” anyone know the real producer?

Disclosure I have no affiliation with this store in any way.

Purchased from North Side Liquor & Wine www.northsidewine.com

222 Elmira Rd, Ithaca, 14850 - (607) 273-7500

QPR $9.95 how can they make such a good wine for that price.

The heat of 2003 made things interesting in a good way for Spain.

First the real cork with very nice embossing and with a pleasant smell of fruit.

The wine color was dark ruby or better garnet ….the edges are still translucent

The legs, tears, cathedrals or rivulets put on a show… why I thought I was watching the Broadway Rockets, simply dazzling.

The Nose No Brett was big plum, red fruits morphing into raisin and red fresh figs.

The mouth-feel was very well balanced good tannin integration …French oak my guess light toast probably a second vintage and aged for six months trace hints of vanilla. Other notes were plum, red cherry, red ripe fig, coco in the back intertwined with a velvet lavender flutter, star of anise and black liquorish. What a long finish the hang time was enormous and very enjoyable

The acidity was very balanced and the tannins were ripe and smooth.

This wine is still coy and will get better with a few more years a macro splash decant was used to open her up.

This wine will age for many years drink now 2007 - 2017 where she will start to zenith out.

This is a "semi-crianza" ( aged for 6 months) aged in French Oak casks.

Tannins are very prevalent decant for one hour to let this wine bloom even more and the tannins will slide out of the way.

Alc By Vol 13.5% maybe even more if I tested it…

Great QPR are you ready $9.95 per bottle when you buy a case.

My score is 87+/ 89 will improve with age, yet still a great quaffable wine.

Last I seldom talk about service but, Jason was great to deal with as always…he offered to pop a cork and give it a taste before I bought a case...This is what makes this store stand out and it is recognized nation wide as a great quality wine and QPR store with impeccable wine experts…