Will Stanley

9.5

Macerated cherry, spice, cigar box, Mediterranean herbs, all come alive in this exceptional field blend of native varieties on Tenerife’s volcanic soils: Táganan, named for the area, from Spanish superstars Envínate. Intensely perfumed, it’s a stunning, elegant red with tremendous clarity and precision, clean and bright with great structure. The finish is long, with saturated sour cherry and a kiss of vanilla. Immaculate stuff, memorable. Decanting essential.

May 2025 — 17 days ago

Richard Portes

9.1

17++. Elegant, restrained. — 16 days ago

Piper June

9.5

Full bodied, perfect balance, love love love — a month ago

with Seth

James Burge

9.2

2004 tondonia - maybe the best rioja i’ve ever had — 2 months ago

Vin d’Ottawa

9.2

This is a favourite & we picked up a few bottles to see how age changes it. This is our last bottle and age has done it well.

Time has made it weightier. The wine is real dry & has a bit of a walnut flavour. In its depths, you can tease out a hint of sweetness.

We need to find more. — 18 days ago

with Gillian

Andy@andyberke.com

8.9

Acceptable — 19 days ago

Alberto Cdm

9.4

Mi piace sempre — a month ago

Edward Nelson

9.1

At home random cellar pick. Good stuff. Not sure it was worth price if price was what it is today. Paired with stuffed shells. — 7 days ago

Ericsson

9.6

If you know, you know.

Just eying the bottle evokes a sense of mysticism—these are increasingly rare sightings, relics of a winemaking philosophy nearly lost to time. Opening it after a recent visit to the winery feels familiar, almost fated.

The color holds strong despite its 20+ years, with a core of garnet that defies its age. On the nose, memory takes over: the scent of the underground cellar, the mold-covered walls, the rustic perfume of wood and brick. Then come the classics notes—dried rose petals, red berries, and a whisper of spice.

The palate surprises with more volume than the bottle’s vintage muster’s. Lively red fruit mingles with savory earth and warm spice, carried by silken tannins. The finish lingers with a trace of wet oak, grounding the experience in place and time.

This is a wine of lineage, character, and quiet perseverance—a style too uncommon today. Most importantly, it was opened, shared, and deeply enjoyed. — a month ago

Igal Baevsky

9.5

Complex and very aromatic. Excellent! — 23 days ago