País Vasco, Spain
Clos Mogador
Priorat Red Blend 2013
2013 vintage.
Grown on terraced mountain slopes between 350 and 500 meters.
The soil is Llicorella. Reddish black slate with mica quartz.
49 % Garnacha, 25 % Carinena, 16 % Syrah and 10 % Cabernet Sauvignon.
Dark cherries, blackberries, beautiful black violets, graphite earthiness, black olives and fennel.
Nicely rounded tannins with a layered and long finish.
Mi Corazon — 6 days ago
A friend and I bought a case of this upon release.
This is the first one I’ve opened of this vintage.
It’s worth the wait.
Bodegas Borsao
Tres Picos Campo de Borja Garnacha 2022
Notes of raspberry, flint, butter. Medium bodied, feel the sun and the acid, oak tannins, length, with blackberries and raspberries. I think this 2022 would have been in great in 2024. Love garnacha, but I feel I’d better drink it young, almost unoaked. — 16 days ago
Bodegas Muga
Selección Especial Rioja Tempranillo 2020
2020 vintage. Gotta whole lotta oak. Gotta whole lotta oak. Gotta whole lotta oak. Way down inside…11.19.25. — 5 days ago
Bodegas Faustino
Gran Reserva Faustino I Rioja Tempranillo Blend
Full bodied with a bit of pepper. A bit pricier at $40 — 5 days ago
Bodegas Muga
Gran Reserva Prado Enea Rioja Tempranillo 2016
2016 vintage. Nice but not nearly as impressive as the 2015 effort. 11.19.25. — 5 days ago
R. López de Heredia
Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2011
Finally talked this dude into drinking.
I don't know, maybe I'm getting old but aged Riojas are starting to taste/feel weighty to me. It's very good. Muddled fruits, resolved tannins, nice and round, leather notes. But somewhat boring. Probably my mood.
92+ points — a day ago
Aalto
Ribera Del Duero Tempranillo 2012
Vintage 2012 | mocca, burned wood, fat, fig, plum, beautiful — 6 days ago
C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España)
Imperial Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2018
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! — a month ago
David Lee
Light, zippy and saline. — a month ago