So today we move out of Enhanced Community Quarantine to Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine, which is pretty much the same thing except that some offices are allowed to open with 50% of staff reporting. But public transport is still a no no, so I think they should have just continued without the Modification. Getting inquiries from our staff who are really anxious to get back to work, but I told them if there's no transport, it can't be helped, we stay at home until transport is available.
On to the wine. Lockdown wine #26. Pale garnet on the edge. I was expecting more brown since this is nearly 30 years old, so pretty impressive color. Red fruit - strawberry, cherry, raspberry. Nose is pretty spectacular. Floral and potpourri aside from the fruit. There might be a bit of underlying age aromas (meat, leather, cocoa) but it's hard to pick out from the sweet notes coming off this. Very dry, sour cherry, raspberry, strawberry. Meaty notes coming through on the palate. Lots of acidity. Food wine. Dried herbs. Tobacco leaf. Savory. Medium body. Wood notes, but not in a bad way. No tannins left but the acid provides all the structure this needs. Good length on this. Old-fashioned Rioja is not a style for everyone. For me, I enjoyed it with food, but not so much drinking it by itself. Interesting that it does taste fresh. No oxidative notes although there is a hint of prune in the finish.