Chris England

9.4

Improved nicely since my last try over 2 years ago 👏 enough to make a wild Spanish bull smile, dance & sing olé 🐮 For £45 it’s a darn good Spanish spanking 😊

🏵 94 points

🍇 75% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo & 10% Graciano

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Soggy earth & dry cured meats through balsamic, spiced dark cherry, olive & thick mocha w/ soft smoked oak, vanilla, blackberry & dark plum turning into a touch port raisin w/ air

👄 Med+ creamy smooth body of dark cherry bathed in balsamic & olive tapenade w/ a mocha blackcurrant liquorice kick

🎯 Long dry crushed & dried dusty blackberry/currant finish with a plummy cherry mocha kick

🐑 Paired yummy with Mrs Es Lamb Tagine ⏩ scroll too see yumtastic fodder ⏩ on Instagram 😉

💭 Mrs E says “Surprisingly tastes better with a sweet meal” — 11 days ago

Alexander Reshetilov

9.2

Соевый соус, помидор (сплошной умами), известь, соль, мандарин, груша, айва, каштан. — 2 days ago

Keith Crump

9.1

A dry Tempranillo fruit of dry red currents linear and defined and refined — 7 days ago

Randy Fuller

9.1

The 2013 Bodega Classica Lopez de Haro Reserva is medium dark in the glass. The nose is aromatic with violets, cigars, ripe plums and earth. On the palate, we find big, dark fruit, oak spice and a meaty black olive note. Tannins are firm and the acidity is lively, so it's great to sip as well as have it with some steak. — 6 days ago

Alexander Reshetilov

9.0

Подлесок, кожа, вишня, лавр, помидор, ваниль, сандал.
Стройно, сочно, очень классная структура, но слишком много дуба по мне. — 2 days ago

Chris England

9.5

We wanted a good steak so we were recommended El Nationale La Brasserie 😁 this bottle was €155 in restaurant & retails €78 - quick notes before Mrs E beat me with the 🥩🤣

📍 Finca El Bosque 2014

💥 14.5% ABV Rioja 🤫

🥩 Paired w/ a huge €156 steak 😱 (scroll for food pics on Instagram ⏩) & was a perfect match 😍 but a scary 🥩 for Mrs E 🤣

🏵 94 points

🍇 100% Tempranillo

🍷 Opaque blackened ruby

👃 Smokey light oak dark cherry & peppered plum w/ balsamic, Iberian cured meats & minted liquorice

👄 Full bodied dark rich creamy cherry & blackcurrant w/ olive tapenade, balsamic & raspberry liquorice

🎯 Long dry dark cherry & olive tapenade balsamic goo coating

— 20 days ago

Jon Misch

9.2

This one is a banger! Never had a crianza that had this much going on. Nose is densely packed. Vanilla and tobacco take the lead alongside sour cherries and cranberries. Dark fruit also emerge as the glass opens most notably blackberry. Licorice, toasted oak, caramel, the list goes on and on! Very well balanced on the palate, medium plus acidity, medium plus tannin, full bodied. The finish lingers quite a while and has a very apparent prune note. Loved this, can’t WAIT to try the Tondonia Reserva — 7 days ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Tasty Rioja at the best tapas place in all of Durham, NC...Great pair with roasted pig tail with root vegetables and 35 day dry-aged ribeye! — 4 days ago

Chris England

9.4

After another day shopping with Mrs E we were not only worn out but broke so to McDonalds we went & I grabbed the new €44 Pardo Enea to pair with the burger 🍔 & enjoy in our hotel room at 11pm - dinner with style 🤣 better than the thick shake 😊

📍 Muga Pardo Enea 2010 (not decanted - wish I’d brought my 😉😉 vSpin)

🏵 93-94 points w/ great potential aged & decanted 😉

🍷 Deep opaque ruby

👃 Chocolate dark cherry cake w/ cracked rock mineral through red & purple flowers bathed in thick balsamic sauce & a hint of earthy herbs (not the pickle in the Big Mac 🤣)

👄 Med+ creamy body of balsamic infused mocha dark cherry gooeyness w/ a mineral dry tone

🎯 Med+ touch dry dark cherry balsamic mocha choc fest

⚠️ Can’t sleep after eating late? Just enjoy the wine with a view 😁 I left some for day 2 & it really opened up lovely 😉 — 19 days ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.0

With seafood paella, what a beauty! Deep, balanced and nice bitter end. — 8 days ago