WTN:2001 Marques de Caceres Rioja Crianza

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2001 Marques de Caceres Rioja Crianza

burgundy in color, fading to ruby around the edge, very clear, yet deep.

The nose offers blackberry, spice, and baked plum aromas, with a hint of oakiness, and an undefined sweet not that was intriging.

The taste offers the same flavors, that are well balanced along with very supple tannins, drink now.

nice finish offering a little heat and more and more spice as the wine opens up in the glass. Allow this an hour or so to open up.

Overall, this wine is a little more than single dimensional, the sweet hint in the background being intriging enough for me to want to dive into the reserva and gran reserva bottlings. its kind of like tasting tomatoes bought from the grocery and then one from the garden, that one bright star sending you back looking for more. 2001 was a good year for Rioja and i suspect the delineated bottlings to offer great value and more consentration of that "hint of greatness."