Joe Carroll

Owner/Wine Director Spuyten Duyvil, Fette Sau, St. Anselm & Gotham Artisanal Provisions

9.1

Stainless steel Amarone — 5 months ago

Greg Giere

10

140 bottles of this treasure were found in the winery's cellar around 2011 before it was reconditioned, sealed with fresh corks, and released into the world a few years later. A portion of these made their way to the Portland market in 2017 thanks to a fantastic local distributor, Casa Bruno.

Popped and poured - pristine cork beneath the wax and beautiful color, not at all brown or tawny, more brickish, slightly orange towards the rim. First sniff- clearly this is a sound, complete wine that is without a doubt very much alive. Aromatically reminiscent of old Bordeaux with ample leather, earth, cigar box and tobacco, sandalwood veering towards old wooden cabinet (if that makes sense), clove and nutmeg and cola, fruit is still present- strawberry/pomegranate, orange, very herbal and floral with dried rose petals/potpurri, vibrant acidity and an impressively long, haunting finish. Incredibly elegant, silky texture, crystalline purity, finished very Burgundian. Really, a perfect hybrid of aged Bordeaux and Burgundy. As a friend put it, "somehow both aged and ageless." No question the best 50+ year old bottle I've been fortunate to try. Certainly a once in a lifetime opportunity, though I hope to track down another bottle someday. You'd never guess this was 105 years old.

— 8 months ago

with Bryan and Terry

Kapyrick Wine

9.0

v21. Very good. Decant. Soft, clean, smoked meat nose. Bright, firm blackberry fruit. Smooth, lean, chocolate and new leather finish. Nice, terroir driven wine.. very good food wine. — 2 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.2

Barnyard funk on open. Soily. Wet leather. Needs time to expand. Time that I didn't afford it. Quite better than my last time with this. 2012 vintage offers more weight and heft. Very good.

92+ points — 5 years ago

Jon Bergqvist

9.7

Of all the old Rioja I’ve been drinking this last year this, together with the Marqués de Riscal 1964, stands out the most. A stunning wine with mindblowing complexity. A true joy to drink. The bottle was finished extremely fast. — 7 years ago

Ann G

9.8

Joe and I both love it, would definitely buy again — 7 years ago

Enrique

9.4

No decepciona. Rioja de ley — 6 months ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.0

v21. Very good! Sharp, smokey, cedar nose. Round, rich blackberry and cassis fruit. Long, firm, soft, slightly astringent, herbal and black pepper finish. Enjoyable! — 9 months ago

Sergio L Figueiredo

9.1

HIDEO - 28.02.2025 — a year ago

Catherine Leith

9.2

Bold for a Sauv Blanc. Notes of succulent pear and tropical fruit. Well-balanced acidity. — 3 years ago

BaliRain

8.9

Blitz heavy duty — 5 years ago

Steve Churchill

9.0

With cheese, gorgeous — 6 years ago

Guthrie Raimondo

8.9

Dry sherry flavor with a bit of funk — 7 years ago

Marc Melser

9.1

We had the 2019 Vintage on 11/26/25. A terrific Malbec/Cab blend that was aged in oak barrels for 18 months. I tried this first st the winery in Mendoza. A beautiful place that made this very good wine. Tastes of blackberry, plum, mocha and spice. Tannins all smoothed out. Full bodied and truly New World. Would buy again from CARO. — 7 months ago

Sanford Collins

9.0

Had this wine at Penny’s Wine Shop in Richmond, VA 9/3/2025 with Lisa. — 10 months ago

Caitlin

9.2

Peppery and good — a year ago

Neal Ferry

8.9

Lacked something… thanks Tom Tom — 5 years ago

harry Juggins

9.0

A rioja to remember — 6 years ago

Vaughn Liley

9.0

Takes me back to Marques de Riscal and the Frank Gehry designed hotel - go there if you haven’t been! — 6 years ago

LeMel Humes

9.0

Very smooth and good with spicy and red meat — 7 years ago

with Suzanne