Loved candied citrus bright jus cloudy yeast tinge of bite/colour — 2 months ago
2020 vintage lovely — a year ago
Juicy, spicy, high alcohol — 4 years ago
Very good flavor. @madfirgarlic — 5 years ago
Very smooth and good with spicy and red meat — 7 years ago
Fab 05 top Rioja @ £70-100 in a great year & a fav of mine - will keep improving but great now 😉 Awesome 2020-30 👍
📍 Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 2005
🏵 95 points w/ 96-98 potential
🍇 89% Tempranillo & 11% Mazuelo
🍷 Deep ruby
👃 Soft oak through dark spiced berries, currants & cherry with creamy vanilla, light smoked tobacco, leather, mocha, coconut, mint & balsamic into choc cherry gateaux w/ a bit of date coming through
👄 Med+ body of deluxe silky smooth creamy stewed rich dark cherry driven fruits all perfectly balanced w/ thick cocoa cream, vanilla & balsamic touch
🎯 Long seductive oak, cocoa, balsamic & dark fruit cherry boom linger — 8 years ago
Long day at 25sps light fixtures! — 2 months ago
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
Excellent wine - from Vanessa Robledo’s family winery — 6 years ago
*did not take notes — 7 years ago
Fruity, rich, velvety goodness — 7 years ago
New to wine. This was one of the first quality reds I was recommended. Should age well and has decent tannins. — a month ago
Molto fruttato, minerale, tannino leggero molto equilibrato — 5 months ago
Som å drikke saft, kjempegod! — 2 years ago
Heerlijk makkelijk wegdrinkende wijn #amsterdam #jumbosupermarkt — 5 years ago
Delightful — 6 years ago
Smooth and full bodied. Delicious, will buy again. — 7 years ago
Enjoy with Daniele, Virginia and their beautiful family in San Sabastian. — 8 years ago
Alvaro Bustillos
Mazf y jcsp — 6 days ago