Kristen Grimes

9.5

Lighter body, black fruits, balanced acidity and tannins. — 7 months ago

Donald Williams

9.0

Roller coaster wine. This one was really nice. — 4 years ago

with Bonnie

barak heller hayun

8.9

indigenous 3 🍇 varieties Portuguese blend.
half of grapes met oak.

fruity (mostly citrus variety including lime, grapefruit and some oranges) and generous, yet elegant and restrained. salty.

it presents a well made story, but it's not my fave genre.

a few more years will improve it, I'm certain. — 5 years ago

Ted Lester

10

Great wine. Full yet dry and mineral. Leather nose. — 6 years ago

Yvor Nateta

9.1

Color rubio intenso. Aroma frutos rojos. De medio cuerpo, redondo. — 7 years ago

RJ Stefanski

9.1

This burly blend showcases how Portugal perfectly bridges the sensibilities between Old and New World. The nose may read as a bold vintage of Reserva Rioja, but the palate has more in common with the riper, denser reds from California or Washington. Baked red and black fruit with licorice, vanilla, and very fine grained tannins. Ageworthy and a perfect bottle to pair with a NY strip. $40 — 8 years ago

Clarke Gasper

9.2

Blue and black fruit with sweet spices, ash, and menthol. Definitely decant! — 9 years ago

with Matthew

K L

9.1

Nice! Gary’s Portugal wine purchase. Around $20-25 and worth it. Very impressed. Balanced and earthy would get again. — 10 months ago

with Matt

Marian Cabanillas

9.0

Notes of cranberry. Great food wine. — 5 years ago

Vitaly Domnenko

9.4

Bm+. Tm. Am. Fm. — 6 years ago

Severn G

9.2

Nose has raspberry jam in a charred barrel, black currant juice, charred red pepper, wet leather, fresh clay pottery and moist, earthy soil.

Palate has ripe black currant, ripe blackberry, huckleberry and dried blackberry, with a medium tannic grip remaining. Likely this bottle could easily see a 15th or 20th b-day under proper storage conditions.

Alas our final bottle, it's been a stellar performer at btwn $15-17 in retail settings, about 6-8 years ago, have not seen this bottling in a while. We used to have some 2003, but that's long gone also.

60% Garnacha / 30% Cariñena / 10% Syrah — 6 years ago

Nancy Hinman

8.9

Significantly better than other 2 Douro red blends but also more expensive.
19.99 at Portugalia Marketplace — 8 years ago

Paco Suro

9.1

This was really interesting. Floral. On skins for a year is what I think I heard. But light in color. — 8 years ago

Scott Wren

9.0

Medium bodied dark red fruit. Not crazy about the sweetness. — 9 years ago

Dave Mack

9.0

Thus was a 2021 and it had the taste of grapefruit and was smooth. Great with food/fish or just drinking alone. It reminded me of Sauvignon Blanc but a little heavier. Very drinkable! — 4 years ago

Jackie Morrison

9.6

Sulfite free. Amazing taste. No hangover! — 5 years ago

Karen

8.9

Nice fruity Spanish wine had at book club dinner hosted at my house in May, from Sarah. — 5 years ago

Sean Grullon

9.2

Smoky, leathery, and spicy with a bit of juicy berries along for the ride. Medium bodied but brooding. — 6 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.4

Not your typical California or French Rose, but $14.00 on sale it works
Definitely will decant my 2nd bottling

Winery Notes,
Honorío Rubio is a Riojano white and rosé specialist. In a land best known for its incredibly age-worthy reds, among many die-hards out there it is undoubtedly the traditional whites which represent Rioja's finest and most original wines. We would add as well the barrel aged rosés, which are incredibly rare (Lopez de Heredia's has not been available for over 5 years, and we hear that they will finally have a little bit of the next release, 2008, in 2018!) Honorío makes an absolutely killer rosé, from some of his oldest Viura and Garnacha, briefly macerated and co-fermented, then aged 16 months in used barrels (which previously held his Lias Finas white wine). An inimitable, rich and bright, incredibly food friendly style of rosé. — 6 years ago

Philip May

9.5

Fresh, good acidity, awesome raisins and dates — 9 years ago