Vigna Alta
R. López de Heredia
Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Blanco Malvasia Viura 2012
La Rioja Alta
Viña Alberdi Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 1996
No one chooses to have these kinds of bottles, the bottles themselves choose you. From the first whiff, you can smell the age; dried cherries, weathered leather, a trace of cigar box, and a hint of vanilla that lingers like memories of wilder days. On the palate, the wine unfolds slowly, each layer revealing the finesse of a life lived with grit and grace. The tannins, softened with age yet carrying a hint of defiance. — a month ago
Tenuta Il Poggione
Riserva Vigna Paganelli Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese 2015
Vintage 2015 | first bottle of a six-box. Gave it two hours in decanter but the wine kept a bit stubborn, you can taste it is rich and complex, but for me it felt as infanticide. Huge potential. — 9 days ago
Bodega Catena Zapata
Catena Alta Historic Rows Malbec 2013
Well the wife got brave and opened a bottle I didn’t want used in a sauce the other day. Probably had her dad over since I was on a bis trip. Glad I got to try. Nice wine. — 7 days ago
La Rioja Alta
Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha
Not the best bottle of ardanza I’ve had but always a treat to drink a classic — 11 days ago
Bodega Catena Zapata
Catena Alta Historic Rows Chardonnay 2022
Nice complex with tones straw, honey, cantaloupe apple. — 22 days ago
La Rioja Alta
Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2004
90% Tempranillo; 10% Graciano. Red fruited perfume, earthy with medium plus intensity. Palate at 21 years is developed, balanced and soft with fully integrated tannins. Medium weight with declining strength to its inner core. Not near as good on the 2nd night. This aged overnight and finishes a little sour. I was going to give it 94 points but will now give 90 points. — 9 days ago
Bodegas Ramón Bilbao
Crianza Rioja Tempranillo 2020
Ramon Bilbao. Always with pleasure. — 7 days ago
Vietti
Vigna Scarrone Barbera d'Alba 2022
Excellent Barbera, especially given its youth, sparkle tamed after an hour or so — a month ago
Zach D
A unique wine. Vibrant golden hue, reductive aroma combined with a variety of ripe orchard fruits, saline breeze, pineapple, wet stone. Palate with high acidity, a lingering tannic grip, stony minerality, apple, pear, fresh almonds. I drink the current vintage (which happens to be 2012 this year) with my wife once per year, and have for the last 5 years. Nostalgic. — 10 days ago