1968 Bodegas Riojanas Rioja Monte Real Gran Reserva 750ml

Reviews: 92 points John Gilman, "Monte Real is one of the really lovely examples of the 1968 vintage that I have been fortunate enough to taste in the last few years. This was a cooler growing season in Rioja and the grapes had an extremely long hang time as a result and were still harvested with nice, high acidity, with the latest bunches not brought in until the month of November. The '68 Monte Real Gran Reserva offers up a truly refined nose of plummy fruit, sweet walnuts, a beautiful base of soil tones, a nice dollop of spices meats, toasted coconut and a lovely topnote of violets. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, complex and very velvety on personality, with good mid-palate depth, fine focus and grip and a long, classy and vibrant finish. This is really a lovely wine. (JG)"