Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Deep Ruby, aromas of sweet red and black fruits with pepper spice and oak. 4 grape blend from some of CVNE's best vineyards in the Rioja Alta (85% Tempranillo, rest Garnacha, Mazuelo & Graciano), aged in both French and American oak for 24 months. On the palate flavors of blackberry and currants with licorice, vanilla, tobacco & toasty oak tones. Soft full ripe tannins, wonderful balance, lively acidity on a long finish ending with an earthy mineral character. Very nice! — 10 days ago

Jody Scharf

9.0

this producer always consistently great value and taste.. — 24 days ago

Roman Ochocki

9.2

A plum, vanilla and leather. High acidity, but, soft tannins. Very good tempranillo, from reliable producer. — 19 days ago

Ericsson

9.6

Wine of the Year by WS in 2020. Revisiting this jewel is magical. Wine is aging incredibly well. Showing secondary and tertiary characteristics. The tannins are becoming fine grain and velvety. The fruit even more consentrated. — 16 days ago

Richard Portes

9.2

Elegant. Not showing age - no brown even at edges. M+ length. Perfect with Spanish autumn dinner (venison carpaccio, partridge). — 3 days ago

GaryWEdwards

9.5

Beautiful tempranillo led wine with 10% graciano from one of the benchmark vintages in the past 25 years. This Gran Reserva has legs for the long run but perfectly approachable now! — 15 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.2

NOSE: muted, red fruit, oaky vanilla, graphite

TASTE: super smooth, the fruit is candied and dried (cherry and maybe some fig?), mild spices and earth and fragrant wood — still enough acidity to keep it balanced. I like more fruit and oomph, but it is good. 92. — 3 days ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.0

Cereza, ciruela, tierra, madera — 4 days ago

Matthew W.

9.1

Dark fruits, cedar, vanilla, touch of grip. — 9 days ago

Dan Cobb

9.3

My wife’s new favorite. Nicely structured for a Tempranillo — 2 days ago