This time around was a winner! Fruit and soft tannins. — 5 years ago
Medium purple; medium plus intensity aromas of ripe black fruit, blackberry, black plum, plum skin, pomegranate, bramble, vanilla, baking spices, leather; dry, medium acid, medium plus tannins, high alcohol, medium plus body, medium plus intensity flavors consistent with aromas; medium finish, rich dark fruit with heavy oak flavors, oak flavors dominate a bit, but very good — 6 years ago
Ripe blackberry and black cherry, powerful without being heavy on the palate, tart black cherry, a little black pepper bite, and lingering gravelly tannins.
#underthecellar — 2 months ago
Great table wine — 5 years ago
Great summer wine and so inexpensive! — 3 months ago
Such rustic and funky wine! Love it. Pale color, forest floor, red fruits, and foxy. Good acidity and saline taste, medium length. Decant it at least an hour. — 3 years ago
Serious, sophicasted, one to impressive, parents dinner party, old school, big and spicy — 5 years ago
Bought this bottle in Spain 2016. I think Madrid! Didn’t drink it until December 2019. Very smooth!! — 6 years ago
Tom Barras
: "This atypical and attention grabbing 2021 Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero has the signature aroma and flavor intensity from the broodingly deep, blue and blackberry fruit for which that region is famous.
Moreover, with three months skin maceration, plus another year of aging before bottling, what differentiates this wild and energetic Tempranillo from others IS the mind bending fact that it is NOT varnished with the usual layer of oak. Zero oak aging! Imagine that …. if you can.
The balanced, medium/full body has an interesting, mouth filling tension between the high-toned, juicy acidity, modest tannins and extravagant fruit at the long satisfying finish. Worth a peek if you can find it." — 8 days ago