Juan Pablo Perez

9.0

Madera un poco agresiva. — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Opened with the help of a Durand; cork was 4/5 saturated but did its job! Color looked fantastic so I poured slowly into a wide bottom decanter and enjoyed over the course of three hours. The 1989 pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core and a slightly orange rim; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears and some light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and desiccated red and black fruit: black cherry, fig, brambles, leather, mushrooms, cedar box, earth, cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin (integrated) and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and slightly savory. This was a lovely showing by a perfectly cellared bottle. Drink now through 2029.
— 6 months ago

R most

9.1

Dark purple. Very nice with ribeye. Would buy again. This would be awesome with Jamon y queso — 7 months ago

Juan Mendez

9.3

Surprisingly delicious… — 3 years ago

OMG PEDRO

9.5

Amazing #vinako !! … Fresh and refreshing mid-weight Rivera del Duero. Gentle tannins. Expected low acidity and flavors of ripe strawberry fruit, herbs, leather, licorice, cocoa and tobacco but with complexity and a mineral smooth beautiful finish that one don’t expect in such a young wine… In my modest and humble opinion one of the BEST wine producers on the planet…. I am just looking at the bottle in disbelieve and thankfully thinking about however made this nectar of the Gods possible… Every HITO is exactly that : en event , a celebration, an accomplishment … What can I say … Thank you !! And keep it cming for years to come… — 4 years ago

Dolores Padron

9.2

Excellent wine to pair with tapas! — 6 years ago

Pierre-nicolas Chabanel

9.2

Vintage 2015 — 7 years ago

Evan Shumway

9.1

Drinks and smells like a cab — 9 years ago

with Erik

Peter Isacksen

9.1

Dry and good with manchego. — 11 years ago

Richard Kauffer

8.9

Too oaky for my liking — 11 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby color with aromas of dark fruits, flinty spice, floral and oak notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry, black cherry and plum with notes of espresso, cacao and licorice wrapped in oak. Firm tannins, great old world balance with acidity, full body, long finish ends with fruit, oak, spice, and earthy mineral character. — 6 months ago

Jule Ryan

8.9

Dark cherry and tobacco. Finishes with some dried cranberry — 7 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Cena a ponentes del segundo encuentro ganadero — 7 months ago

Dutchbastard

8.9

Excellent wine — 3 years ago

Big Wave Dave

9.2

Massive jammy nose with lots of stewed prunes. Palate is much more restrained and complex. Silky mouthfeel. Still a big wine but a good lick of savoury spice. There is just enough acid and tannin to keep the beast in check. — 4 years ago

James K

9.2

Cherry/red fruit on the nose and palate. Soft tannins. Medium finish. — 6 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

That’s nice. Tempranillo Cab Blendage. Slight touch of age. Soft, supple. Drink me bitches. — 6 years ago

with James

Michael McNabb

9.3

Lovely wine! — 8 years ago

Norma Partridge

9.4

So delicious! At the Rio Grill in Carmel after hiking Pt Lobos. — 10 years ago

Eric Vrtis

9.5

Inky, concentrated, raspberry jam, velvety, smoke, dark chocolate, well-utilized oak. Sensational — 11 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Deep Ruby color with aromas of fruit, spices and floral notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry and cherry with cedar, cacao and espresso notes. Fine tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, spice, oak and herb mineral character. — 6 months ago

TwiLea Fletcher

9.2

04.07.25
Beautiful day in Toledo. — 7 months ago

romo

9.5

WotN in a group of giants. Ping-pongy fireworks of flavor bursts none of which cancels out the others. Kept coming back to this. Wow. — 7 months ago

JKT

9.1

A robust muscular but nicely balanced style that showed well after all the older leaner wines we’d been sharing. Fung likes it a lot. — 10 months ago

Raul Puga

9.6

Wow. Just wow. — 4 years ago

Jeff Hasmann

9.4

Wow! Fabulous from very old Tempranillo vines in Roa Del Duero. The Esteban family maintains their 60 ha of vines meticulously using extensive biodynamic practices and precise winemaking. It shows in the wine. Black fruit and currants meld harmoniously with hints of tobacco, coffee, licorice, and mineral. The texture is rich; the concentration of fruit is dense. This is a seriously good bottle of wine that WS gave 96 pts. 2016 vintage on Feb 11, 2020 — 6 years ago

Alex Westphal

9.0

Nicht schlecht. — 7 years ago

Richard Parks III

9.0

FRUYTZ FAHR DRAYH WAYNEH — 9 years ago

David Blutenthal

8.9

Dusty nose, dark fruit, mole, licorice, medium tannin structure. Was good with enchiladas rojo. — 11 years ago

with Caroline

Mick Nardelli

8.9

Great wine, great company! #delectable — 11 years ago

with Jackie