Lot 281 , 1955 Bodegas Bilbainas Vina Pomal Reserva Especial, Rioja DOCa, Spain (3)

1955 Bodegas Bilbainas Vina Pomal Reserva Especial
Rioja DOCa, Spain (3) BODEGAS BILBAINAS VINA POMAL RESERVA ESPECIAL 1955
Bilbainas is another winery that has changed owners a number of times over the past several decade, but their older wines have quite the reputation.

The 1955 Viña Pomal Gran Reserva is a beautiful bottle of old Rioja that is still at its apogee and offers up a glorious bouquet of dried black cherries, gamebirds, charred wood, dark chocolate, fresh figs, cigar ash, lovely soil tones and a nice topnote of savory elements that recall things like celery seed. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very complex, with a vibrant core of fruit, still tangy acids, lovely focus and balance and great length and grip on the pure and succulent finish. This wine is still at its peak of drinkability and is a flat out delicious bottle of old Rioja."
94 points John Gilman
£100-150

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