Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Deep Ruby with aromas of red and black fruits with pepper spice and oak, 100% Tempranillo, aged 24 months in American oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry and cherry with licorice, cacao, vanilla and toasty oak tones. Full ripe tannins, nice balance, lively acidity on a long finish ending with fruit and an earthy mineral character. Very nice! — 22 days ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

Such a pretty, complex, and multidimensional wine! The nose through the finish need to come to you, let the wine come to you. Elegant, fresh and persistent. — 2 months ago

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9.2

The 2019 Pesquera Reserva is a 100% Tempranillo from Pesquera del Duero, aged for 14 months in American oak barrels. Garnet-red in hue. Presents blackberry and plum aromas with vanilla and oak undertones. The palate is dry and juicy, featuring taut, reactive tannins contributing to a velvety, medium-bodied texture. Bold right now, it should mellow with age. (Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous, November 2023)
— 2 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Deep Ruby, slight purple edges, aromas of sweet red and black fruits with pepper spice and oak, 100% Tempranillo, aged in American oak. On the palate flavors of blackberry and cherry with licorice, cacao, vanilla and toasty oak tones. Full ripe tannins, wonderful balance, lively acidity on a long finish ending with an earthy mineral character. Very nice! — 22 days ago

Maggie Harrison

9.0

carbonic, there’s a black pepper, rich reduced red berries base. wild mix of bubblegum carbonic and black pepper. firm tannins. — 2 months ago

Louis Martin

9.2

Caramel and banana peels. — 7 months ago

Ericsson

9.2

This is so extra! Carries that old-world fruit forward, dusty, tannic, yet velvety feel, especially when given about and hr to aerate. Not a textbook but certainty classically joyfully RdD. — 3 years ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Opened with the help of a Durand; cork was 4/5 saturated but did its job! Color looked fantastic so I poured slowly into a wide bottom decanter and enjoyed over the course of three hours. The 1989 pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core and a slightly orange rim; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears and some light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and desiccated red and black fruit: black cherry, fig, brambles, leather, mushrooms, cedar box, earth, cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin (integrated) and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and slightly savory. This was a lovely showing by a perfectly cellared bottle. Drink now through 2029.
— 2 months ago

Amaia

9.5

Gorputz handidun ardaua, oso ona! — 7 months ago

Tyler Porterfield

9.5

Wonderful nose & velvety flavor. Smooth, hood but not too sweet. Delicious…love it — 2 years ago