Sherwin Taghdiri

9.0

Has a pungent fragrance that is a bit musty.
Drinks fairly smoothly with flavors of dark fruit, earth and spice.
Spice lingers on the palate in the finish. — 8 days ago

Bosco

9.7

1991 notas de ahumado cítrico cereza — a month ago

William

9.1

A good rioja kind of expensive $45 — a month ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

Powerful and stoic wine at this point. Needs 10 years to unwind. — 2 months ago

Sherwin Taghdiri

8.9

Not a strong fragrance…
Drinks a bit tart/sour, with flavors of spice and tart fruit. — 8 days ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2015 | vanilla, spicyness, oxidative, walnut, fresh, well balanced | with sardines, mussel, buckthorn berry | at Hofstede de Bkaak Tilburg — a month ago

romo

9.3

Lees, lees, lees. Sherry, not sherry. Wow. — a month ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2024 June. Totally classic Rioja, in a light-on-its-feet but layered style; I also felt this was a bit fleshier and juicier than the last bottle. — 3 months ago

Kristen Grimes

10

Raspberries on the nose and a bit of earth and spice, tart on the palate with lovely acidity for 12 years, a balance of fruit and earth, soft tannins. Basque Country, here we come!! — a month ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of three days. Consistently enjoyable throughout, but best after several hours of air and through Day 3. The wine pours, a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. No signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is developing with expressive notes of ripe and dried cherry, plums, toasted coconut, fresh dill, cedar chest, and soft baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose however, the fruit is much more tart. The finish is long and tangy. A textbook example of old-school Rioja. Lovely. Drink now with patience and through 2036. — a month ago