Josh Morgenthau

8.9

Starts out with a bit of reductive stink. Serious blackberries and tart fruits, with long acids. This can be enjoyed now with a long decant. Lots of material and extraction and concentration, ie this is a big wine, but the fruit is a bit sidelined. Generous take is this needs another 5+ years to come together. But it is pretty high tannin and drying... and way too extracted for my taste now. Maybe the fruit will stand up with time. — 19 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Ale glz dr diaz — 18 days ago

Todd Scurci

8.9

#parcelle #godello — a month ago

with Annie

Chadwick Torres

9.2

Freezing our balls off — a month ago

with Rebecca

Nicolas Lau

9.2

One of my first Spanish wines. An old world wine with a beautiful nose of cherry and mineral earth, stone perhaps. And the palate supports that with a nuance of acidity that's both strong but very controlled and long. This wine I will remember. Balanced, light oak, and delicious. — 15 days ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.3

A deep almost purple color. Aromas of darkish, fruits, spices and ash. Palate of red fruits, spice and stones. Focused, sprightly and powerful. Long finish. Another Perez gem. — a month ago

with Judy

Jay Kline

9.3

Before we get into the notes on this wine, let’s get something out of the way first: the labeling on the Ultreia branded wines by Raul Pérez is downright confusing. The entry-level is designated “Saint Jacques” (which is a fabulous wine and incredible QPR)…and then comes this plain label “Ultreia” before you step up to the other designations of “Valtuille”, “La Claudina”, etc which are higher-end??. It’s really tough to understand the hierarchy. The good news? It really doesn’t matter when all the wines are really quite stunning. And this bottle is absolutely representative of Señior Pérez's impeccable style.

Popped and poured; consumed over three days. Best on Day 2. On the nose, blue berries, dark cherries, brambles, exotic spices…giving way to spiced lamb after a lot of air, roses, incense, and underbrush. On the palate, red fruit which transitions to more of a darker fruit profile after Day 2, with some mushrooms, deli meat and minerals. Really sound structure. Medium-plus acid, medium plus tannin. The finish is long and satisfying; tongue smacking. Even at $35, this is a killer deal. What a wine. — 2 months ago

Mike R

9.4

My fav Albariño — 9 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.0

Now this is fun- an Andalucía red, all inky & jet black, rough and tense on the palate. Black fruits- blackberries & currants. A big wine at 13.5%. A lot of wine for less than 14$. Big time. — 20 days ago

Martinez

8.9

A very serious 100% Mencía, Valdeobispo is sourced from a 1.6 hectare plot planted in 1910 in the eponymous lieu-dit in Villafranca del Bierzo. This was the first vintage of this single-vineyard bottled under Cantariña’s label. Prior to this, grapes were sold to their neighbor Raúl Pérez, who actually advised them to vinify this plot on its own. Fermented in oak foudre and aged in used barriques for 12 months. Unusually dark ruby color, quite concentrated, slightly rustic. Aromas of red fruit, hibiscus, floral and earthy notes. Round and powerful, smooth tannins — 23 days ago