Daniel M

9.0

R. Lopez de Heredia, Viña Cubillo, Rioja Crianza 2017
This is one of the many bottles we brought back in the trunk of our car from Spain and France after our summer stay over there. The nose shows dark berries, prune, meat juice, autumn forest soil after rain, oak. This is rather complex and layered. The palate is very well made and defined. There is a good acid drive, some nice dark berries and dark cherry notes all along, some width, some spices, a good tannic wall in the rear, disturbing ever so slighlty the mouthfeel by leaving a grippy, drying layer over a long, fruity, spicy finish which goes on for quite a while. The meat juice note that was showing in the nose makes a come back in the very end, adding a savoury, umami touch which is pretty nice, I must say. It's not at the level of the viña tondonia 2011 I tasted a while ago (and it costs only a fraction of the price) but it's very good Rioja Crianza in its own right. Not in-your-face, fresh and balanced winemaking style. Great effort !
90 out of 100 — 2 days ago

Por La Vida

9.0

Full bodied, nice balance of Tempranillo and Grenache. Tobacco, dark chocolate, dark cherry. — a month ago

Alf Aguirre

8.9

Price and Quality in a bottle — 2 months ago

Jamie Lauder

9.0

2021 vintage.
90 % Tempranillo with remaining 10 % Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo.
Grapes from south facing slopes in Rioja Alavesa sub zone.
Red berries…cherry and blackberries with vanilla, tobacco and cedar,
Fresh and lively acidity.
Produced by CVNE.
Compania Vinocola del Norte de Españia.
This is a very food friendly wine.
— 4 months ago

Daniel Diaz

10

2026 Cruise Wine — 5 months ago

Brittany Matthews

9.1

Enjoyed at the moon palace wine tasting event. With lamb chops — 7 months ago

S Christovich

9.1

Nice wine. Paired well with pork and salmon. Good value too. — 8 days ago

Ron Kasper

9.2

We popped and poured this wine. It was most enjoyed with our dinner. It probably will be even better it you waited but hey I wanted to give it a try. Luckily I have another bottle. — 6 months ago

Ross Hensley

8.9

Rich purple medium body soft tannins easy drinking generic wine. Good with my Lamb. — a month ago

with J and Melba

Kay Patterson

9.3

Best wine for the price — 3 months ago

Ville Pasula

9.0

Excellent with a completely outrageous chunk of bleeding super quality angus beef — 5 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.3

Big winner at dinner tonight — 6 months ago

with Alessandro, Sarah and 2 others

Chris O'Hara

9.5

Nose: cherries, plums, mushrooms, licorice, wet wool
Taste: big soy sauce with sour cherries and under-ripe strawberries
The first time I had this, it had aged for about 9 years and the tannins were huge - after aging for 15 years, the tannins have mellowed and opened up a very (VERY) subtle sweetness which complements the umami profile really well. — 8 months ago

Eva van der Vaart

9.0

Lekker flesje besteld terwijl we wachten op ons appartement in Valencia
Ik proef peer en vanille. — 24 days ago

with Lars

ESF

8.9

traditional style, just lacked acidity - otherwise very nice (bright) flavors & aromas showing plenty of secondary goodness. like to see an Old School producer not trying to make these into fruit bombs — a month ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

8.9

The most amazing house wine you could probably buy! a Ribera del Duero super good value to have just for when friends come over or a midweek dinner. Correct. #riberadelduero #spain #tempranillo — 2 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

Good fruit, good acidity, clear pomegranate (including the white rind!). Solid 90! I should downgrade my last 90 this is better. Good deal! 😀😀 — 3 months ago

Zach Burnett

10

I asked for a meal in a glass and this delivered. thick, structured, earthy but not metallic, delicious. — 5 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Deep ruby opaque, full body with herbal notes, strawberries, mature and beautiful crianza — 6 months ago

Rich Larder

8.9

Lovely wine. Soft oak and full red. Really enjoyable. — 8 months ago