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The Spring 2011 Live Auction
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Lot 95
Estimate: $700
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"The 1954 Viña Real Gran Reserva has always been a personal favorite, and I am embarrassed to say that I have probably drunk this vintage more than any other. The bottle at our tasting in Los Angeles in March of 2013 was another excellent example, soaring from the glass in a stunning mix of dark berries, cassis, Rioja spices, wild fennel, charred wood, lovely nuttiness and a fine base of spicy soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and very velvety in texture, with an excellent core, melted tannins, good acidity and outstanding focus and grip on the classy and very long finish. After an atypically red fruity bottle of the ’54 a couple of years ago, this bottle was more typically black fruity and meaty in the classic Viña Real style."
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"The 1954 Viña Real Gran Reserva has always been a personal favorite, and I am embarrassed to say that I have probably drunk this vintage more than any other. The bottle at our tasting in Los Angeles in March of 2013 was another excellent example, soaring from the glass in a stunning mix of dark berries, cassis, Rioja spices, wild fennel, charred wood, lovely nuttiness and a fine base of spicy soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and very velvety in texture, with an excellent core, melted tannins, good acidity and outstanding focus and grip on the classy and very long finish. After an atypically red fruity bottle of the ’54 a couple of years ago, this bottle was more typically black fruity and meaty in the classic Viña Real style."
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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 most famous region, producing Tempranillo-based reds traditionally aged in American oak. Its wines are known for savory complexity, silky texture and graceful evolution over decades.
Spain's premier red-wine appellation, producing Tempranillo-based blends aged in oak and classified by aging as Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.