TN: 2008 R. López de Heredia Rioja Rosado Gran Reserva Viña Tondonia

[Jay_Miller]

I’ve never understood what happened to this wine on the secondary market.

Had many vintages and it’s lovely rosé but c’mon.

Glenn,

I’m right there with you on this one… I dare say that I’m as big an RLdH fan as anyone. Love 'em all - red, white, rose. Back in the first decade of the 2000s, I drank a ton of their rose - 95s, 97s, 98s, and 00s. Of course, since I could get it back then for < $25/bottle, it was easy to drink a bunch of it. And, even at that price, you could still find bottles collecting dust on shelves in wine shops all around Seattle.

Same here though I’d substitute New York for Seattle.

[Jason_T]

I think it’s easily worth $75, as it is better than Tempier rose which is now around $50 and one of the few that can age. I think folks underestimate great roses…

The one thing I don’t miss about being in the US. Wine pricing. I get Tempier for <$30 a bottle all in here in the U.K.