Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby color with aromas of dark fruits, flinty spice, floral and oak notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry, black cherry and plum with notes of espresso, cacao and licorice wrapped in oak. Firm tannins, great old world balance with acidity, full body, long finish ends with fruit, oak, spice, and earthy mineral character. — a day ago

Jule Ryan

8.9

Dark cherry and tobacco. Finishes with some dried cranberry — 25 days ago

Robert Howey

9.0

I really liked this. Dark fruits, pretty silky body, good acidity vs BBQ. Maybe a wine with a bit more tannin would be a better pairing w BBQ I paired it with but this is a very lovely wine that can stand on its own. Beautiful aromas as it opened up. Superb value. — 2 months ago

Michelle

9.2

Had in València. We really like this Rioja. Dry and smooth. A definite buy. — 6 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

Good and simple. Crianza for sure. Just squeaks into a 90. — a month ago

Jeff Kinney

9.9

One of my all-time favs. — a month ago

Doug Powers

9.2

Medium-dark color with some bricking, this is more backward and less evolved than the 1990 side-by-side, showing dark fruits, some Brett, but some tannic structure as well, lacks that sweet American note of the 1990, long, lingering finish, and I’d guess another 3-5 years of further improvement.

I really adore these early Pesquera Crianza (the regular cuvée, the Gran Reserva was always too much of an oak show for my palate), a wonderful find a few weeks ago while doing some cellar rearranging!! — 3 months ago

with Jim

Kristin Skomsøy

9.0

Kjøpt med hjem fra tax-free i Alicante — 2 days ago

TwiLea Fletcher

9.2

04.06.25
Hello, Toledo!
Dry finish. Earthy as expected. — 23 days ago

with Sandy

Javier Torres

9.5

Durísimo el sabor 👌🏻👌🏻 — 2 months ago