Chivite tasting

2010 Chivite Finca de Vilatuerta Chardonnay:
Pale lemon yellow. Apples, vanilla, yellow fruits and touch of minerals. Fresh acidity, leaner palate, quite fresh and rounded, somewhat smoky finish, smooth. 87

2007 Chivite Coleccion 125 Chardonnay:
Towards lemon yellow. Apples, ripe yellow fruits, vanilla, spices, intense and rich nose. Fresh acidity, fruity, quite fresh, intense, almost salty minerality, tropical notes, fresh, long. 91

2004 Chivite Coleccion 125 Chardonnay:
Towards lemon yellow. Apples, nuts, fruits, vanilla some tropical fruits nose. Fresh acidity, fruity, minerals, again this slight salty note, tropical fruits, vanilla, fresh and long. 92

2000 Chivite Coleccion 125 Chardonnay:
Towards golden. Apples, nuts, vanilla, smoky notes, butter touch, intense nose. Fresh acidity, fruity, bit more oak structure and barrels show through, spicy barrel notes finish. 88

2009 Chivite Finca de Vilatuerta Seleccion Especial:
Ruby. Herbal, dark berries and vanilla nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, acidified?, acidity is a bit on top of the fruit, fruity, bit oaky finish, good length. 86

2006 Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva:
Ruby. Blue- and blackberries, vanilla, coffee, anise nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, slight herbal note, bit of a ball, oaky finish. 88

2004 Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva:
Ruby, thin garnet rim. Blueberries, vanilla, coffee, slightly scented, floral notes and anise. Fresh acidoty, ripe tannins, leaner palate, fruity, again oak is a bit up front in texture, fresh finish. 89

2001 Chivite Coleccion 125 Reserva:
Ruby, thin garnet rim. Vanilla, blueberries, oak spices and anise. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, prunes and fruity behind a wall of oak. Woody finish. 88

2008 Arinzano La Casona:
Ruby. Ripe red berries, vanilla, coffee, fruity and sweet feel. Freshish acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, rounded, quite fresh palate, good length. Oak spices in the finish. 87

2004 Gran Vino de Arinzano:
Ruby, garnet rim. Tobacco, spices, vanilla, dark berries, rich and intense, ripe, concentrated. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, sweet, ripe, fruity, bit alcoholic, oaky finish. 89

2001 Gran Vino de Arinzano:
Ruby, garnet rim. Figs, plums, blueberries, vanilla and spices nose, ripe and rich, intense. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, ripe, sweet, bit alcoholic on top, drying oaky finish. 88

2000 Gran Vino de Arinzano:
Ruby, garnet rim. Spicy and oaky nose, somedark berries, ripe feel. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, sweet fruits, lots of oak spices, fruity, leaner oaky finish. 87