Sean Lyons

9.5

Amazing. I guess you really do have to wait a decade for Riojas to reach their potential. This 2016 tastes right in the sweetspot - very firmly structured while showing vibrant fruit notes (plum, prunes, cranberry, currant) elevated with an incredible earthiness (mulch, leather, tobacco). This is the real deal — 9 days ago

Jon Petrulsky

9.2

Muy bien! — a month ago

with Anna

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Light golden color. Reserved aromas of orchard, tropical and citrus fruit, sea spray and a hint of fresh cut grass. Flavors of green apple, white peach, lemon/lime and nectarine fruit. Noticeable mineral note on the long and bright finish. Slightly creamy texture (lees aging?) and crisp acidity. Opens up nicely with a little aeration. Straightforward and solid, but not overly complex. Best with food. — a month ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby red color with aromas of berry fruits, spice and herb notes. On the palate flavors of cherry and blackberry with notes of oak and black pepper notes. Fine soft tannins, nice balance with acidity, medium+ finish ending with fruit, vanilla, oak and slight earthy spice character. — 3 months ago

Alf Aguirre

8.9

Price and Quality in a bottle — 3 months ago

Donald Williams

9.4

Excellent Rioja. — 4 months ago

with Bonnie

Nagib Nasr

9.1

Very nice wine but got overwhelmed with the Spanish food — 6 months ago

with Tripp

Matthew W.

9.3

Dark fruits, light woodiness, smooth finish. — 15 days ago

Akshay Venkitasubramanian

8.9

A good body of burgundy- — 6 days ago

S Christovich

9.1

Nice wine. Paired well with pork and salmon. Good value too. — a month ago

Jason Keefer

9.4

Just fantastic! Tobacco, cherry, herbs, layers galore! — 3 months ago

with Natasha

Mark S.

9.0

Deep cherry red. Good concentration. Black fruits. Deep oak vanilla.
Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth Soft Silky Velvety. Bitterness M Body M Finish M % 14 @3500, chateau, 260709 — 3 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.2

Always a good value and tasty! A little more balanced and less “mulled wine” than I recall from earlier vintages. — 4 months ago

Ville Pasula

9.0

Excellent with a completely outrageous chunk of bleeding super quality angus beef — 6 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.4

Dark cherry, tannins almost fully resolved. Earthy. Give it some air. — 23 days ago

Martijn

9.3

The somewhat older vintages have such a great pqr.
They age gracefully, fruit, sweet ripe fruit, length, some leather yet still very fresh. — a month ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2022 vintage. Lean and mean currently with a thoroughly poor attitude and rejecting any and all authority figures. Needs a 2 year boot camp to set/improve on personal goals and to stop displacing. Could see this going 9.2 in 2028/2029. Pretty minimal oak treatment (for Muga) which gives this a fighting chance of future success. Price is nice. Just have to look past the constant insults and wait for that juvenile record to be expunged. 8.5.26. — 2 months ago

Kari Koehoorn

9.8

LAYA 2024 GARNACHA TINTORERA / MONASTRELL — 3 months ago

Andy Stabile

9.1

At a night we were all having fun.
If I had to nitpick… a touch oaky for me.
Not the best red ever. But lovely — 4 months ago

Sagee Aran

9.3

Dark in color, medium to full body. Classic Rioja with pronounced nose of leather and gentle smoky wood. very smooth on the palate. an excellent food wine. This Reserva from Bodegas Olarra always bring joy. — 5 months ago