Kristen Grimes

9.3

Tart cherry aromas and a lot of herby notes, light on the palate with tart acidity and lots of herby earthy tannins. Going to be yummy w steak fajitas! — a month ago

Aaron Rankin

9.5

Had with Chinese New Year celebration dessert, so limited notes. Dark golden color. Beautiful nose of burnt Caramel, fruit cake, nuts. Drinking fresh and young. Lovely with much life ahead. — 4 years ago

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9.1

The 2016 Cantenac Brown is a super-concentrated, potent Margaux. Raspberry jam, mocha, licorice, plum, new oak and spice are all lavishly rendered. Broad and sweeping on the palate, with tremendous richness and resonance, Cantenac Brown is one of the bigger, more overt Margauxs of the vintage. Readers should expect a big, ripe wine. In several tastings, the 2016 has come across as a bit over the top, at least for my personal taste. Technical Director Jose Sanfins gave the 2016 16 months in oak, 60% new. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2019) — 7 years ago

Reinhard Wall

9.0

Albariño con 5 años de crianza. Muy bueno — 9 years ago

Turd Ferguson

9.2

Checking in 18 months later. Loosening up. Fruit starting to come to the fore. Should be killer in 2+ years. — 7 months ago

Daniel Bloom

8.9

Young Tempranillo.
There’s a lot of dirt going on here , both pos. & neg.
N: Musky Strawberries, dirt, reticent.
Supposedly a rather short maceration before being put up in used barriques.
P: Mashed up red fruits, no tannins, like dirty feet. Nice on a hot night w a bit of a chill. No SO2
I keep try Jose Pastór selections and I don’t think we get along.
Addendum: Much better day two after refrig w rubberized stopper. Still not much on the nose, but the palate has rounded”up” into something nice. — 4 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.1

Love this style with green apple acidity — 8 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.0

A little disjointed but showing a lot better than the Arcilla did a few months ago, and I'm thinking a few months more ought to knit these together nicely. Gushing with warm dark fruit but also has plenty of crackle and crunch on account of a green-apple sort of acidity that's very unusual to experience in a red wine. The Jose Pastor web site says this is from one of the highest elevation sites in the zone at 1,000 meters so that crackling texture makes perfect sense. It also has 15% Albillo (a white grape) and yet the complexion feels darker and the fruit more voluptuous than the 100% tempranillo Arcilla. — 10 years ago

Turd Ferguson

9.4

This is the Corullon his top wine. Stunning. Pure minerals and tannic structure right now. Almost no fruit. What’s there is dark fruit mixed with some bright red. Medium body and incredible balance. Drinks like if Bordeaux and Burgundy had a baby. Clean and pure. Three more in the cellar. Next one in 2030, if I make it. — 2 years ago

Kristen Grimes

9.3

D is for Doña Blanca! A very floral and perfumy nose, a lot of citrus flavors without being high acid, and a nice round body. #atoz2021 — 5 years ago

Jenks

9.0

More natural Ribera Del Duero Tempranilllo from Jose Pastor Selections. Juicy. Bright. Loving these. — 7 years ago

Lauren Murphy

9.0

We had the 2015 Camino de arrieros rufete Jose Juan. It was fruity and a bit lighter than I usually go for, but it was very good. Not sweet at all and had a great flavor to it. — 9 years ago

Gustavo Martin

9.2

Such a great Verdejo has share my dear friend and colleague Antonio Garcia with me! Fresh and complex, bringing the best of this varietal to show up! Crispy, intense, creamy... — 11 years ago