Tom Garland

8.9

1/2 hour decant(decent sediment). A gorgeous still dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: seductive perfumed notes of dark fruit, smoked meat, funky earth, cigar box, pencil lead, vanilla oak. Taste: savory wine with dried dark fruit, graphite and gravel, iron, and a kinda astringent smokey tobacco finish. Not my cup of tea...maybe bottle flaw. — 2 days ago

with Brenda

Kyle Elliott

9.0

Delicious, raspberry, cranberry, pepper. Young tasting and fruity with Dusty tanins. It is a very food friendly wine that could probably age another 5 years — 4 days ago

Mark S.

8.9

Cherry red with brick color. Smoky. Oak vanilla black fruits. Leather. Clove nutmeg. Dry.
Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth Soft Silky Velvety. Bitterness M Body M Finish M % Baron de Ley Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 19 @489, cost, 260905-261022 — 2 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2020 vintage. An excellent introduction to the grand vin at a fraction of the price. Highly recommended. Abv. 14%. — 4 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2022 vintage. Deep dark red colour. Raspberries, flowers and cedar. Concentrated, intense. Combines power and elegance. Many Crus Classés would be very satisfied with this quality for their grand vin. Henri Lurton stated that he made his best wines ever in 2022 (which is saying a lot given the track record of this Château), and you can see why with this Baron de Brane. One can only imagine the quality of the grand vin in 2022! Anyway, this is one of the finest wines one could encounter for 30 euros. Abv. 14%. — 7 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2019 — 8 months ago

Nicole

9.3

Light, mineral, oak, berries. Perfect with any food. — 10 months ago

Ted

9.3

My third vintage of a 4 bottle vertical. Dark chocolate and dark berries. Showing no signs of aging. — 9 days ago

with Jeni

Doug Powers

9.0

Another beautiful bottle of the Baron Louis, mature fruit, solid finish. — 14 days ago

with Jim

Dave

9.1

I had this a few months ago, and grabbed another because it's very good. Decanter says 94 points, which is too generous, but it's a solid Rioja.
Listening to Vince Guaraldi — 3 months ago

JKT

9.1

ML and gang visit, outshined 2000 Tradition with more complexity — 5 months ago

Brian

9.3

1986 vintage, 40 year old wine on our 40th Anniversary — 5 months ago

Miguel Silva

9.2

Full body, berries mild tannins. Go well with game or lamb. Delicious for a Friday night for 2 — 10 months ago

Hal

9.3

Can Rick get this? — 10 months ago

with Kristen

Tom Garland

9.3

+2 hour decant(decent sediment). A striking deep dark ruby red color. On the nose: expressive notes of red fruit, floral, tobacco leaf, forest floor, espresso, oak. Taste: Silky-smooth, dense, intense wine with ripe red cherry/plum, glycerin, crushed stones, licorice, and a smokey peppery leather long dry finish. YUM! not for the faint of heart! — 25 days ago

with Brenda

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

1986 vintage. 10.16.26. — 17 days ago

Kenny Baldridge

9.5

Wow! Held up quite nicely. Yum! — a month ago

Doug Powers

9.1

This shows just a touch of surmaturite aromatically and on the palate, which isn’t shocking since it’s 15% ABV — normally this special cuvée checks in at 13-14% ABV. With that said, gorgeous fruit, very nice depth and balance, long, lingering finish, I just shouldn’t have opened it on a 95+ degree summer day (shrug). — 3 months ago

with Jim

Michael Tavares

9.3

Sweet fruity and light but w a slight sweet/spicy after taste — 7 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

8.9

Clear, medium ruby to garnet in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced intensity primary and secondary aromas of black cherries, cassis, and graphite; on the palate, it's dry with high acidity, high tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, and intense primary and secondary flavors of blackberries, black cardamom, and wet gravel with a medium finish. This wine is simple, but balanced. Overall, I rate this wine as good. — 8 months ago

with Nellie