Chris England

9.4

After another day shopping with Mrs E we were not only worn out but broke so to McDonalds we went & I grabbed the new €44 Pardo Enea to pair with the burger 🍔 & enjoy in our hotel room at 11pm - dinner with style 🤣 better than the thick shake 😊

📍 Muga Pardo Enea 2010 (not decanted - wish I’d brought my 😉😉 vSpin)

🏵 93-94 points w/ great potential aged & decanted 😉

🍷 Deep opaque ruby

👃 Chocolate dark cherry cake w/ cracked rock mineral through red & purple flowers bathed in thick balsamic sauce & a hint of earthy herbs (not the pickle in the Big Mac 🤣)

👄 Med+ creamy body of balsamic infused mocha dark cherry gooeyness w/ a mineral dry tone

🎯 Med+ touch dry dark cherry balsamic mocha choc fest

⚠️ Can’t sleep after eating late? Just enjoy the wine with a view 😁 I left some for day 2 & it really opened up lovely 😉 — 14 days ago

Scott Rowe

9.0

I was expecting this to overtake the Monte but the Monte had just enough to take my breath away.
TEXTURE :) — 11 days ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.4

Dirty barnyard nose soft and elegant fruit very approachable elegant and balanced — 12 days ago

with Natalie

Chris England

9.5

We wanted a good steak so we were recommended El Nationale La Brasserie 😁 this bottle was €155 in restaurant & retails €78 - quick notes before Mrs E beat me with the 🥩🤣

📍 Finca El Bosque 2014

💥 14.5% ABV Rioja 🤫

🥩 Paired w/ a huge €156 steak 😱 (scroll for food pics on Instagram ⏩) & was a perfect match 😍 but a scary 🥩 for Mrs E 🤣

🏵 94 points

🍇 100% Tempranillo

🍷 Opaque blackened ruby

👃 Smokey light oak dark cherry & peppered plum w/ balsamic, Iberian cured meats & minted liquorice

👄 Full bodied dark rich creamy cherry & blackcurrant w/ olive tapenade, balsamic & raspberry liquorice

🎯 Long dry dark cherry & olive tapenade balsamic goo coating

— 15 days ago

Joe Gillies

8.9

A classic rioja. Others who never had a rioja really enjoyed it. — 6 days ago

Michael Seely

8.9

Great Thursday nite wine. Simple, straightforward — 4 days ago

with Jeff and Joe

Michael Campos Reales

9.0

Deep youthful ruby color, clear and bright, intense and clean aromas of cherries and cassis and blackberries fill the glass. Juicy seductive attack fills your mouth with tart and smooth flavors of black cherries and licorice. It is a very good, excellently priced example of the #Tempranillo grape from #Spain — 7 days ago

Aaron Hamrock

10

Wow. Really incredible wine. This wine is simply amazing. Lovely fruit and tannin. This wine will age effortlessly for years to come. — 3 days ago

Paul Treadway Huntington Beacher Bum

9.6

Epoch Monday,
Football & Dodgers!
This 2011 is ready to go. Smooth & velvety, — 8 hours ago

Rick Riddle

9.8

Estoy enamorado! I’m in Love! The Fruit jumps out of the bottle on the nose reminding me of a Strawberry Jolly Rancher. This wine takes the best of the best. It’s got a body like a French Pinot, the fruit forwardness of a Merlot, and grabs the Oak like a Cabernet and It finishes like a Beaujolais. Red Cherry, Strawberry and Oak run neck and neck from the start to the checkered flag! And for less than $23. What!?! A Winner! — 4 days ago

with Meagan