Michael Chelus

9.3

Cherry, raspberry, vanilla, mossy earth, currant and oak. Light-bodied and velvety tannins. — a year ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

I loved this. It compares to many Niagara desert ice wines I’ve had. There is a biting acidity that shows through the sweetness. Lovely after dinner. — 4 years ago

Ryan Vachon

9.1

Smooth, modest tannins and terroir, low acidity, cinder and smoke, plumb, light blueberries, grapefruit. Delicious
We gave 90.5 — 5 years ago

Sergio Licea

9.6

Red cherries, raspberries, white pepper, truffle, cinder, wet stones, iron. Rounded acid, satin-silky texture, medium bodied, minimal soft velvet tannins, long earthy-red fruit- slight smoke finish. Precise in every way. Elegance defined.
— 6 years ago

Robert Gates

8.9

Very nice. Fruit forward; decant now; drink now to 2030. — 2 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.6

Outstanding balance. New and old world. Great fruit with baking spice, some tobacco, excellent tannin, and lingers on the palate. I hope this is what Idaho Bordeaux style continues to produce. Well done! — 3 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.1

In Idaho for a wedding and needed to try some local wines. After a 12 hr travel day from south jersey to Ketchum....this paired with a local grass feed brie & fig topped burger is much needed. BlackBerry, plum, bacon fat, olive tapenade, and smoked meats. This could go against any old world syrah. Highly enjoyable. — 5 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Over the last few years, I’ve grown quite fond of Raul Pérez’s wines. The challenge is, some of them can be rather elusive. “La Penitencia” is one of those wines. So I was pretty excited to try this. Popped and poured; consumed over three days. Wine pours deep ruby bordering purple and slightly turbid with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity. There does appear to be a small amount of fine sediment clinging to the side of the glass. On the nose, the wine is intense. There’s obvious presence of VA and overall, comes across natty; more than any other Raul Pérez wine I’ve had before. That being said, it is remarkably fresh with notes of cherry and blackberry; the pits, seeds, stems and all. There’s also spices, cinder block, and un-excavated basement. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+, bordering on high acid. Again, bright red and dark fruits along with pomegranate, grapefruit, and basil. The finish is a touch mousey with a biscuity sort of thing happening but it’s tolerable and I’m pretty sensitive. This would be too wild for many. Reminds me a bit of Fabio Gea’s “Onde Gravitational”. Plenty of life ahead for these. As it stands, I have another bottle and I won’t be in any particular rush to drink it. Lovely stuff. — 3 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

I was shocked by this wine. So well balanced. Herbs and fruit with some oak. Definitely recommend for new world Mourvèdre. — 5 years ago

with Randy

Eric Urbani

8.9

This wine is from Idaho and I like it. — 6 years ago