Paul

9.5

2021. Red fruit nose. Big beautiful flavors of red fruits, oak and leather (which I never use as a descriptor but was one of the first things that came to mind). We enjoyed it with lentils and roasted chicken with earthy spices. Would also pair great with any roasted/grilled red meats. — 4 months ago

Rodrigo Castilho Ribeiro

9.5

Rodrigo had the 1988 vintage — 2 years ago

Ken Taste Wine

9.0

2016 ? Vintage could only find competition dates nothing on the bottle ..full flavoured spicy wine really enjoyed it and would buy it again — 3 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.2

One of my favorite wines I tasted at the estate. Competes with Premier Cru Chablis in my eyes with super charged acid and texture. White flowers, Meyer lemon, bay leaf, and grapefruit pith with deep saline minerality and a long finish. Aged a year in neutral French oak on the lees. Pair with grilled octopus. — a year ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

Cocineria nestor rodrigo glz 6/22/23 — 3 years ago

sergio

10

Vino con un fino regusto en el paladar, aroma a noches de verano y piscina mojada. — 4 years ago

Sergio L Figueiredo

9.2

ManoLLo - City Castelo - Jan/2025
Álcool 15,0% — a year ago

Rodrigo Castilho Ribeiro

9.4

Rodrigo had the 2005 vintage — 2 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cocineria nestor rodrigo glz 6/22/23 — 3 years ago

Ericsson

9.5

This Rioja has been tamed by time. The color on this wine is medium ruby with a colorless to brownish rim. The nose is a rustic bouquet of old dry cedar, leather, and tobacco, with scents of dry dark stone fruits and dark berries. Some tertiary wet earth and damp forest floor scents as well.

The mouthfeel is captivating with oak, smoke and vanilla followed by black cherry, prune, and raisins. This is full bodied, dry, and complex with smoothed out but lingering tannings and soft acidity. Low alcohol with a finish that goes on, and on, and on till the break of dawn. You literally keep tasting everything: the dry fruit, the tannings and the acidity.

Decanted and tasted over a two hour period. Handsdown one of the best Riojas I’ve ever tasted; many thanks to Somm Rodrigo Mares at Roothouse in Guadalajara for the exceptional gift. My only wonder is how this would have tasted in twenty thirty per say. I purchase all the wines I review but do keep in mind wine always tastes best when it's gifted. Cheers to more gifts like this one.
— 5 years ago