Ron Siegel

9.5

This was big, structured, meaty with dark fruit, graphite, licorice, spice, mineral & violet — 13 hours ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Stunning—ripe and fleshy without being hot, shows lemon and orange marmalade, apricot, toasted nuts and chamomile, oak adds roundness and texture and a subtle spice — 6 days ago

Ming L

8.9

Dependable year in and year out, I found the fruit profile leans more towards tropical fruits in recent vintages. Delicious summer quaff, and very good value if you can find it for around $20. — 4 days ago

JKT

9.1

Therese Chris dinner our place. Well aged bottle with light golden color and a relaxed somewhat oxidative yeasty profile and long finish. — 14 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Leaner than the El Puntido. This is more classic Tempranillo. Drier & earthier.

Beautiful wine. Ripe, juicy & slightly candied & floral fruits of; mid to dark cherries, black raspberries, black raspberries, dry blue berries. Cherry cola, dry tobacco w/ ash, dry leathery, barrel staves, muddy herb mix, dark, dry spices, steeped, sun tea, mid; clove, nutmeg, vanilla, limestone minerals, crushed limestone/dry rocks, dry flowers that are black, red w/ dry lavender, round, high acidity with a high, dry tannin finish that falls on to the wild, dry, earthy, wildest finish that is balanced for many minutes.

Paired this with/ a dry rub tri-tip and a burgundy marinaded Cardiff Crack tri-tip. Both very different and enjoyable, but liked the dry rub with the Rioja.

Photos of, my visit to the Bodega, old oak vats that are decades old, neutral wood that is still used as of 2015 when I visited & been repaired endlessly, old wood press and tasting room outside their cellar/tasting room. — 2 days ago

romo

9.3

Didn’t think Tempranillo could do this. A lot of everything but not too much of anything. Wow. — 7 days ago

Bob Yoon

9.4

This is a “fly your freak flag” wine. All the shit that your parents told you not to do, this wine does. Oxidation, VA! Use weird combinations of grapes. Be yourself! — 11 days ago

Matt Perlman

9.1

Never fails to deliver. This vintage is structured but accessible, and it’s instructive to taste next to other producers to appreciate the unobtrusive oak treatment which frames rather than overpowers. — 6 days ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.4

A baby, but damn. Beeswax, yellow wax beans, honey. A wild and cerebral wine that will age magnificently. — a day ago

romo

9.2

Notes beyond its age. Never turns down even when you think it might. — 7 days ago