Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2016 Reserva pours a deep ruby/purple with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and tart red and black fruits: black cherry, tobacco, cocoa, dill, vanilla and associated warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This is a textbook, modern leaning and clean version of Rioja Reserva. Drink now through 2046. — 13 days ago

Noah Chasin

9.0

Wanted to test a bottle. Took a full 24 hrs to reach drinkability. At that point, delicious and more nuanced than expected. — 7 days ago

romo

9.3

Shockingly fresh, focused and loads of structure. Maybe Tempranillo isn’t so bad. 😊 — 22 days ago

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 day ago

Brian Borsook

9.9

An extremely well-cellared bottle with pristine cork. Deep, complex, full-bodied and tasting like it still has many good years. Notes of black cherry, currant, leather and spice. Comparable to the best left bank Bordeaux. — 10 days ago

Marc Ouellette

9.0

Amazing dark plum colors, earth spices, cherry, red fruits- supple tannins and a smooth finish — 5 days ago

Kerry McMahon

10

2020 - best wine that I can remember. Smooth and full of flavor. The perfect balance. — 3 days ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

Easy and enjoyable drinking. Could serve this pretty much to anyone and they would enjoy it! — 4 days ago

romo

9.1

Much respect here, but also still much American trees. 🌲 — 16 days ago

Nagib Nasr

9.2

Spicy and yummy — 2 days ago