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Bodegas Roda 2001 Cirsion Red (Rioja)
- Editors' Choice
- $200
Dark as night, pure as silk, and rich as a sultan. This one wine defines the best of the new wave; a great high-end product from a perfect vintage. It’s intense, spicy, racy and still soft enough to wrap yourself around. Licorice, crushed peppercorn, chocolate, espresso and blackberry are just some of what you can pull from this baby. Cellar a few years then explore.
— M.S.
(9/1/2004)
Bodegas Roda 2009 Cirsion Tempranillo (Rioja)
- $250
Solid as a battleship, with lemony oak, marzipan and layer upon layer of black fruit aromas. Almost syrupy in its richness but not fully; it’s chewy and creamy, with vital acids. The flavors are mega ripe and rich, emphasizing blackberry, black cherry preserves, fudge and fig paste. Yet at the same time it’s an ethereal wine; the epitome of modern Rioja. Drink now…
— M.S.
(4/1/2012)
Bodegas Roda 2005 Cirsion Tempranillo (Rioja)
- $303
Jammy, creamy and superripe, with raspberry, burnt toast and coffee on the thick, meaty nose. Flavors reminiscent of an ice cream sundae work the palate, which means berry syrup, chocolate sauce and vanilla are highly prominent. Texturally speaking, this is a smooth, soft and plush wine. It pushes the envelope on ripeness, but that’s become the Cirsion way. An…
— M.S.
(4/1/2008)
Bodegas Roda 2000 Roda I Red (Rioja)
- Cellar Selection
- $60
It’s hard to imagine the subsequent vintage surpassing this purring monster, but it could and probably will. That said, the current 2000 is magnificent in its dark masculinity and layered complexity. The fruit aromas are perfect, the spice notes exotic, and overall it’s just a blast to drink. Lots of sweet oak is still front and center, so give it until 2006 for it…
— M.S.
(9/1/2004)
Bodegas Roda 2003 Cirsion Tempranillo (Rioja)
- Online Exclusive
- $250
Fewer than 600 cases of this silky giant were made, but the best rarely comes in quantity. This is a ripe, weighty wine with earth and vanilla notes supporting cassis, black cherry and fresh-roasted coffee aromas and flavors. The feel is stacked and the finish very long. Tannic but not aggressive; a huge success from a broiling-hot vintage.
— W.E.
(12/22/2011)
Bodegas Roda 1998 Cirsion Tempranillo (Rioja)
- $215
Yes, it costs a fortune, but this first-of-its-kind release from Bodegas Roda delivers tons of extraction and concentration along with subtleties that complete the package. It’s yet another new-world-styled red from Spain sporting incredible density and depth. Flavors of prune, coffee and smoked meat yield to a finish of soft vanilla oak and the blackest coffee…
— W.E.
(8/1/2000)
Bodegas Roda 2006 Roda I Reserva Tempranillo (Rioja)
- $70
Lush and dark, with balance throughout. The nose oozes blackberry and fine oak, while the palate is thick and meaty, with dark berry and vanilla as the prime flavors. Solid, textured and rich, with a long, lasting, complex finish of tobacco, vanilla, mixed spices and chocolate. Drink now through 2017.
— M.S.
(10/1/2011)
Bodegas Roda 2004 Cirsion Tempranillo (Rioja)
- $273
Char and chocolate, then a dollop of rum raisin and black cherry, and there is your nose. This version of Cirsion, one of our very favorite modern Riojas, is relatively soft, raisiny and simple, and for that it doesn’t quite rate with some of the past vintages, which were spectacular. But that doesn’t mean you won’t love the wine’s smooth texture, cocoa and baked…
— M.S.
(9/1/2007)
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