John Bratincevic

9.0

Good and simple. Crianza for sure. Just squeaks into a 90. — 5 days ago

Robert Howey

9.0

I really liked this. Dark fruits, pretty silky body, good acidity vs BBQ. Maybe a wine with a bit more tannin would be a better pairing w BBQ I paired it with but this is a very lovely wine that can stand on its own. Beautiful aromas as it opened up. Superb value. — 25 days ago

K L

9.0

Pretty good Kurt wine! Would get again. Good value. — 2 months ago

with Matt

Christian Ramirez Romanini

9.0

Este Tempranillo empieza con cereza roja ligeramente deshidratada, con notas de tabaco y tostados, sutiles notas de eneldo y hierbas secas, y pequeñas notas florales en el fondo. Afrutado y picante en el paladar, con algunas ligeras notas cítricas, de pomelo junto a frutos rojos, con gran longitud y fina acidez.

COLOR:
Color rojo picota brillante, con irisaciones azuladas. De capa alta.

AROMAS:
Intenso y complejo. Aromas de fruta roja acompañados de notas dulces y de pastelería. Aparecen notas de tofe y caramelo de fresa con nata.

GUSTO:
El vino Montecillo Crianza tiene una entrada agradable, en la que aparece mucha fruta roja que nos recuerda al Tempranillo, acompañada de una equilibrada acidez y cuerpo de la Garnacha. Un tanino pulido y bien integrado con las notas afrutadas. Un vino placentero, largo y que deja huella. — 2 months ago

Roman Ochocki

9.0

Ramon Bilbao. Always with pleasure. — 6 days ago

Jeff Kinney

9.9

One of my all-time favs. — 18 days ago

Doug Powers

9.2

Medium-dark color with some bricking, this is more backward and less evolved than the 1990 side-by-side, showing dark fruits, some Brett, but some tannic structure as well, lacks that sweet American note of the 1990, long, lingering finish, and I’d guess another 3-5 years of further improvement.

I really adore these early Pesquera Crianza (the regular cuvée, the Gran Reserva was always too much of an oak show for my palate), a wonderful find a few weeks ago while doing some cellar rearranging!! — 2 months ago

with Jim

John Bratincevic

9.0

As the wine guy said — dried fig and dusty tannins. Good stuff, good value. 90.

EDIT: Zounds, James Suckling was right on this one — or at least his ”associate editor” was! — a month ago

Javier Torres

9.5

Durísimo el sabor 👌🏻👌🏻 — 2 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.2

Lovely Rioja wine, good balance, fruity taste — 2 months ago