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93 JG.
"The Cuné ’76 Viña Real Gran Reserva is a beautiful wine that does not possess quite the same mid-palate stuffing of the gorgeous 1981 version, but is an utterly complete and classic example of this fine bottling. The really lovely bouquet offers up a blend of black cherries, spit-roasted meats, dark soil tones, wild fennel, cigars, Rioja spice tones and a lovely framing of coconutty oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite suave on the attack, with a very good core of fruit, melting tannins and a long, velvety and à point finish. The 1976 Gran Reserva is a superb example of Viña Real at its apogee." View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2014, Issue #54 |