DAL 9000

9.1

Raspberries and dark berries upfront then a quickly fading dryness in the middle. Cocoa? at the finish. Softens as it opens up. Layers of flavor. — a month ago

Lauren Golanty

9.0

Lovely! Just the slightest bit funky - super supportive of food! — 10 months ago

BaliRain

8.9

Blitz heavy duty — 3 years ago

harry Juggins

9.0

A rioja to remember — 4 years ago

Sam Cox

9.5

Excellent house wine. — 24 days ago

GaryWEdwards

9.5

This Marques de Murrieta Gran Reserva is temporanillo led blend cherry pie like taste and a long finish. Beautiful wine just entering a nice long drinking window. — 8 months ago

Catherine Leith

9.2

Bold for a Sauv Blanc. Notes of succulent pear and tropical fruit. Well-balanced acidity. — a year ago

Austin Hohnke

8.9

Forgive me father, for I have sinned.
I called this Chianti Classico in a blind. — 3 months ago

C W

9.1

Very good — a year ago

Ericsson

9.5

This Rioja has been tamed by time. The color on this wine is medium ruby with a colorless to brownish rim. The nose is a rustic bouquet of old dry cedar, leather, and tobacco, with scents of dry dark stone fruits and dark berries. Some tertiary wet earth and damp forest floor scents as well.

The mouthfeel is captivating with oak, smoke and vanilla followed by black cherry, prune, and raisins. This is full bodied, dry, and complex with smoothed out but lingering tannings and soft acidity. Low alcohol with a finish that goes on, and on, and on till the break of dawn. You literally keep tasting everything: the dry fruit, the tannings and the acidity.

Decanted and tasted over a two hour period. Handsdown one of the best Riojas I’ve ever tasted; many thanks to Somm Rodrigo Mares at Roothouse in Guadalajara for the exceptional gift. My only wonder is how this would have tasted in twenty thirty per say. I purchase all the wines I review but do keep in mind wine always tastes best when it's gifted. Cheers to more gifts like this one.
— 4 years ago