Jay Kline

9.5

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of one week. The 2011 pours a deep, burnt sienna color with a near opaque core; high viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of dried dark fruits: sukkari dates, fig jam, Nutella, Gebrannte Mandeln (those German candied nuts that are so delicious). On the palate, the wine is sweet with medium- acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and almost cloying but thanks to the complexity and balance, it works. Like a boozy liquid, high quality Christmas fruitcake (if such a thing existed), this can only be appreciated in small portions otherwise you’ll be diabetic in no time. Well stored examples can be enjoyed now and over the next 100+ years (that’s probably a conservative estimate). — 23 days ago

Louis Martin

8.9

Very sweet, went well with a simple flan. — 2 months ago

Jessica Knickerbocker

9.0

2020 vintage. Better than the 2019. Almost as good as the 2015. — 2 months ago

K L

9.0

Great cheap buy from Total Wine. Pleasantly surprised how good this was and would get again. — 6 days ago

with Matt

TH

9.3

スペインの白でTop3. 飲むタイミングとビンテージが重要とのことだが、上品なスモーキーさが特徴@ The Winery 4104 incl tax — a month ago

Roberto Carli

9.2

Crazy to say but…too young! Balanced and dark but has yet to develop the spice rack subtleness and tannins can still evolve further — 2 months ago

Jody Wycech

9.0

Enjoy this wine. Full bodied, very dry. Lots of dark fruit, tobacco. Paired well with pasta in a red sauce but would be great on its own as well. — 3 months ago

with Ethan, Peter and 1 other

Todd Scurci

9.1

#ernestos #sherry #amontillado — 22 days ago

with Annie

Tony D

9.0

Light rioja. But I honestly don’t know much about the wines. Going to Spain next week should be better to describe next time. Not very tannins. Not very dry. Medium oak. Like it especially on a beautiful night after playing soccer with my kid. 17$. Totally worth it. Would recommend. — a month ago

Rhonely Boy

9.1

Give this one a proper 1.5 hour decant, tight, needs to relax. Also deserves proper wine glass, I used a glass tumbler.

Enjoying by the glass, it was fun to witness it unfold. Tight, earthy, tannic, and not very expressive at the beginning, later a floral and raspberry note showed up in the nose. Earthy on the pallet.

9.1 for my experience, could achieve 9.3 with proper handling. — 2 months ago