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The August 2019 Auction: Part 4
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Estimate: $150
Very top shoulder, very lightly scuffed capsule, heavily scuffed, bin soiled, nicked, damp stained, lightly mold stained label.
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92JG
"The 1973 Viña Albina Rioja Gran Reserva is a beautifully elegant and perfumed wine that is now at its peak of maturity. The bouquet offers up a lovely constellation of strawberries, cherries, coconut, fresh nutmeg, rose petals and a lovely base of salty soil tones. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, pure and velvety, with bright fruit at the core, bouncy acids and lovely length and grip on the suave and very refined finish. My only, very minor complaint with this very pretty wine is that it is not quite as complex as the very top examples from this great Rioja vintage."
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Red
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"The 1973 Viña Albina Rioja Gran Reserva is a beautifully elegant and perfumed wine that is now at its peak of maturity. The bouquet offers up a lovely constellation of strawberries, cherries, coconut, fresh nutmeg, rose petals and a lovely base of salty soil tones. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, pure and velvety, with bright fruit at the core, bouncy acids and lovely length and grip on the suave and very refined finish. My only, very minor complaint with this very pretty wine is that it is not quite as complex as the very top examples from this great Rioja vintage."
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Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.
Spain's noble red grape, producing structured, savory wines of red fruit and leather that respond beautifully to oak aging in Rioja and Ribera del Duero.