2004 2004 Victoria Dominio De Longaz

Jang-Woo Park

2004 2004 Victoria Dominio De Longaz

Nico Sanchez

This is one of the best old world wines I've had. Great extraction and balance all around.

Tasting Tags: ns-94

2004 2004 Victoria Dominio De Longaz

Clifford James Dumais

Actually I give this wine a 93+, almost 94, but cork'd won't allow such in-between ratings, unfortunately. COLOR:

Deeeep ruby color, can even use the term inky; beautiful!
NOSE:

LUSCIOUS nose of fruit (cherries predominate), oak, beautiful vanilla, burnt-sugar. This wine has a wonderful nose, very deep. Saddle-leather, tobacco, graphite, hot 1970's American car seats, mocha and play-doh (hey, that's what I smell!).
PALATE:

Bold yet elegant. Silky tannins that follow-through very nicely to the mid-palate where a nice mature grandfather's leather tobacco-pouch offers its essence on the way to a relatively smooth, satisfying finish that trails off for quite some time. A little hot on the alcohol, perhaps, but I don't really mind this. To me it's interesting that the tannins don't settle in the bottom lip/lower jaw but stay high in the mouth and congregate so close to the acidity in the mid-palate as to believe that these tannins WANT that acidity, yes, in THAT way! Perhaps this is what tannic/acidic balance is, but BOLDER than the Neal Family Cabernet Sauvignon that we really liked. This wine is a most-definite teeth stainer, so be careful if "out among the English!" The tastes in this wine are as divine as the nose with beautiful dark cherries topped with pure vanilla extract, brown sugar, and that whole concoction left to mature in a leather tobacco pouch with some oak chips in it. This is one wine for you, the reader, to buy and try. These Spanish wines are simply a great value. I know $20 may be a lot for some people, but do yourself a favor and go out and find this wine and see what you think. It's worth every penny!

Tasting Tags: cherries graphite leather mocha play-doh tobacco vanilla