From mag. Golden… soft apricot and settled corn. Delicate and rich and delicious with a steeliness and freshness too. — a month ago
Bright medium ruby with quite thin ruby , garnet rim . Quite closed with sweet cassis , touch of clove and ash , violet , dark cherry , wet stone . On the palate more of the cassis and spicy blackberry notes , dark cherry , but mineral and saline also , touch of slate , tobacco . Quite lean and refreshing, balanced alcohol . Quite high acidity and grippy tannin . Good mineral and cassis tinged finish . Elegant and refined . Needs a bit of time , will probably improve over the next 5-8 years and will last well a further 10 or so . — 19 days ago
2018 vintage, disgorged 11/21/22. — 20 days ago
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
Medium-deep ruby-garnet color.
Aromas of dried cherry, leather, tobacco, peppercorn.
Dry. Flavors of leather, tobacco, roasted herbs, roasted red bell pepper. Rich, chewy tannins.
Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 4/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 days ago
Solid, versatile red table wine. — 17 days ago
Easy drinking, need to let it open up a bit — a month ago
1991 notas de ahumado cítrico cereza — a month ago
Ron Siegel
Great showing for this wine. This had a perfumed nose of dark cherry, berry, cassis with olives, mineral, lavender, under brush, spice box & violets, — 19 days ago