ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:986
 | | 07/30/2004 6:43 PM |
| I keep trying to bury this thread & it keeps coming back!  | | | |
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stemor
Collierville, TN
Wine Thief
Posts:2818
| | 07/30/2004 8:30 PM |
| RF,
This thread lasts as long as a bottle of '00 Numanthia in a vac-u-vinned bottle!
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:986
| | 07/30/2004 11:27 PM |
| | What scares me is that I have had the '00 Numanthia twice & been totally underwhelmed both times. It speaks of nothing from Spain to me. Could be from anywhere & in more recent vintages is vastly overpriced. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 07/31/2004 1:17 AM |
| rf,
i agree with you on the didn't remind me of spain thing. i did however think it was easily a great bottle of wine. i bought all my numanthias (00 & 01) for $35. | | | |
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David Walker
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2284
| | 07/31/2004 3:01 AM |
| ant -
I'm with you - I think it's a great bottle of wine. Probably my 2nd or 3rd WOW wine, when I first tasted the '98. Regretably I don't have any of the '98, however. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 08/01/2004 2:15 AM |
| | I loved this the first time I had it, but have been too impatient in trying it again recently. I need to smack myself around whenever I even start to THINK about popping one of these again. | |
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DdB
Barrel Filler
Posts:1452
| | 08/04/2004 3:46 PM |
| | Anybody have the '99 recently? | | | |
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love_cab_chard
Master of Wine
Posts:12497
| | 08/04/2004 4:22 PM |
| | We had it about a year ago as part of a big NJ tasting. It was great. I cannot exactly remember, but around a 92-93 pointer & drink or hold. | | | |
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11877
| | 08/04/2004 4:48 PM |
| | I know 2 guys who have a magnum of it! | | | |
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DdB
Barrel Filler
Posts:1452
| | 08/05/2004 5:07 AM |
| | Thanks l_c_c. I have a few and may crack one soon. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 08/05/2004 9:18 PM |
| | the 99 was awesome at that offline. | | | |
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Winoman
Herndon VA
Grape Sorter
Posts:390
| | 10/06/2004 7:58 PM |
| Quote:
Anybody have the '99 recently?
Just had the '99 last Friday as part of an all Spanish wine extravaganza I put on at our house (other wines included a 96 Vino Lancia Reserva (Rioja), 99 Leda (Ribera? not sure...), 99 Clos Martinet (Piroat), and a 99 Vlal Lach (Piroat)...
Little or no decanting (open bottles for a bit...) and no formal tasting - more like food, drink and robust conversation, but anyway...
What can I say - dense & chunky with nice fruit, some slight tar and leather notes...tannins were a bit overwhelming at first. We opened the Numanthia #2 after the Vino Lancia (the latter alwasy a great drink...and I was happy was not yet past its prime) and it was certainly a much denser and substansial wine - though unlike the Lancia - which was ready to drink upon bottle opening the Numanthia needed a bit more time to open - and even then had a real tannic edge - still it was very drinkable and enjoyable...more so then the Leda - which just was not ready IMO (but much better then when I opened one last year)...but it was less complex (more one dimensional) then the Vlall Lach - though both were equally chunky (and enjoyable), with a bit more body then the Martinet and IMO they still could have used more time to show properly. I also have a few 2000s that I imagine I'll hold onto a bit...
My apologies if my notes come accross as relatively simple - but we were not formally tasting and I really don't write great notes anyway....hope this helps regardless..and BTW - I am glad to be finally posting on this forum after lurkign on and off since pretty much its inception (and yes I know many hear from Spectator...who can guess who I was over there? 2 hints: haven't posted in probably at least 1 year and I am the originator of the term DRAB, or to DRAB - which I'm glad to see is still in use!)
Oh and BTW - I find the Termes wines to always be great regular drinkers with tons of wonderful up front cranberry like fruit...a real wine bargain IMO...and the Numanthia Toro's are certainly not at all bad in the $35 range - not at all... | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 10/09/2004 10:34 PM |
| | i have a bunch of the 00's and 01's and i can't wait to start in on them. i think i will be passing on the 02's though unless i start hearing some better news. | | | |
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David Walker
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2284
| | 10/09/2004 10:42 PM |
| | I've still got a 6-pack of the '00 and I think I got a magnum of the '01 from j_b. Based on what I've read, I'm with you, ant, and am not buying the '02. | | | |
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Bradley Molzen
Bayonne, NJ
Wine Lover
Posts:4990
| | 02/08/2005 9:00 PM |
| | FYI - had one of my remaining 6 bottles last Friday. Was drinking very nicely, but I'm thinking another two years and this sucker will really be humming on all cylinders. It's just all so slowly coming together into a complete winner of a wine. | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 02/09/2005 5:00 AM |
| rev,
thanks for the update. i have 6 left and they are crated up. i can't wait, this is def. going to be a winner. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts:13711
| | 02/09/2005 9:36 PM |
| | I had this about 8 months ago and I thought it was shut down pretty hard. I only have three left and I'm not even thinking about opening another for 2 years. | |
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jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6886
| | 03/31/2005 9:55 AM |
| | Reductive nose of blackberry, cassis, smoke and minerals. Palate is dominated by smoke and dark fruits. Well balanced with gripping tannins. Needs more time.* | | | |
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ChangeMe
Master of Wine
Posts:12891
| | 04/01/2005 5:49 AM |
| jason,
i still have an unopened 6 pack of this, any idea on when to start thinking of opening the 1st one? | | | |
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jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6886
| | 04/01/2005 8:16 AM |
| | The bottle we drank at this dinner was mine. It had a real reductive nose and taste to it which made it stand out rom the other vintages. Very different from my last bottle about 1.5 years ago. With 6 it probably won't hurt to open one in about 1.5-2yrs. I am unfortuantely down to 3 from 6, so I will probably wait 2-3 years. | | | |
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