TN: 2018 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial

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  • 2018 Bodegas Muga Rioja Selección Especial - Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alta, Rioja (11/12/2022)
    According to TWA Luis Gutierrez ( I really like his writing and passion) - 18 was a very cool year and no Gran Reserva wines were made, thus all the juice went into this wine. I was intrigued. Decanted 1 hr - Classy French Oak hits initially, which one would expect given the youth. Once things settled in, indeed we have a very fine and elegant Rioja to enjoy; one where the fruit (dark blackberries) very much take a back seat to the wines structure. So don’t even think about drinking this without appropriate vittles. While medium bodied, the tannins are very much center stage currently, as is the wines acidity which cleanses neatly on the back half. This really needs time and I think there is just enough material to make this a pretty dang good bottle in 3 to 6 years, perhaps longer. It will certainly age for a decade plus. Positive experience here.

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Nice note.

Picked up the 16 of this wine last January for $36 with tax and amazing wine also. 17 Muga Reserva was upper end juice also and was great young but recent bottles not as good.

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Good timing John as i was thinking of you as I was posting - I would love to have given this the ol’ Glas treatment aka 3 days of tasting check ins, but no matter.

I remember how jazzed you were about the 17 Reserva - and oddly , it never hit PDX where I usually buy my Spanish wines. Plenty of 15’s and 16’s though to get me through though.

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