La Rioja, Cuyo

Bodegas Muga

Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2022

2022 vintage. Lean and mean currently with a thoroughly poor attitude and rejecting any and all authority figures. Needs a 2 year boot camp to set/improve on personal goals and to stop displacing. Could see this going 9.2 in 2028/2029. Pretty minimal oak treatment (for Muga) which gives this a fighting chance of future success. Price is nice. Just have to look past the constant insults and wait for that juvenile record to be expunged. 8.5.26. — 3 months ago

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Dave

Dave

Damn kids.
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Viña Cobos

Felino Mendoza Malbec 2023

Very drinkable — 4 months ago

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El Coto de Rioja

Crianza Rioja Tempranillo 2022

Good fruit, good acidity, clear pomegranate (including the white rind!). Solid 90! I should downgrade my last 90 this is better. Good deal! 😀😀 — 5 months ago

Paul, Ray and 2 others liked this

R. López de Heredia

Viña Gravonia Crianza Rioja Viura 2016

Big winner at dinner tonight — 8 months ago

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In a great place

Diseño

Old Vine Mendoza Malbec 2023

Nice easy Malbec. Had with Sarah with pizza — 9 months ago

Trivento

Reserve Mendoza Malbec 2021

Love these raspberries — 3 years ago

Marqués de Cáceres

Crianza Rioja Tempranillo Blend

Rhonda likes. Buy a bottle, but probably not a case. — 8 years ago

Bodega Norton

Reserva Mendoza Malbec 2014

Husband had this tonight at a dinner party with world travelers and everyone agreed this was an amazing wine . Was expecting the price to be much higher. Very smooth. Will buy again . — 9 years ago

Tikal

Patriota Mendoza Malbec Bonarda 2013

Thoroughly enjoy this wine, as it opens up it develops into a reason to buy more. Leather, cassis, preserved jams, with a soft tannic structure. The finish plays and chews. Did I mention I found it for $13?!! — 11 years ago

Achával-Ferrer

Mendoza Malbec 2012

Absolutely delightful. Started with Pinot's. So glad we moved to something bigger! — 12 years ago

Joe Shaw
with Joe

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Blanco Malvasia Viura 2005

Just when you think it’s going to Thelma & Louise, it spawns wings and lifts off. - at Franklin PT — 3 months ago

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Bodegas Muga

Reserva Unfiltered Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2044

At a night we were all having fun.
If I had to nitpick… a touch oaky for me.
Not the best red ever. But lovely
— 4 months ago

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Bodegas Beronia

Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2020

Always a good value and tasty! A little more balanced and less “mulled wine” than I recall from earlier vintages. — 4 months ago

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Bodegas Muga

Gran Reserva Prado Enea Rioja Tempranillo 2016

Rare beef on the immediate nose.

94 points
— 6 months ago

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Trivento

Golden Reserve Luján de Cuyo Malbec 2022

Highly rated for a reason. It’s quite good. — 9 months ago

Trapiche

Broquel Malbec

Eileen, Shelby, and I loved it!!!!!!!! — 7 years ago

Bodegas Hermanos Peciña

Señorío de P. Peciña Crianza Rioja Tempranillo Blend

Mild, dry, delicious...doesn't finish dry. Has some pep for an aftertaste. Love it! — 8 years ago

Marqués de Cáceres

Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2008

Deep deep garnet In colour. Very nice aromatics with fig and spice. Balanced fruit and leather rich but poised and refined. Fantastic with our spaghetti and meat sauce made with organic homegrown tomatoes and basil. — 10 years ago

Don Miguel Gascón

Mendoza Malbec 2013

Strong Malbec with peppery touch. Drink again — 11 years ago

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2012

Upon opening, this seemed a bit disjointed, with muted fruit flavors and strong herbal notes. Decanting didn’t seem to help much, but day 2 it finally opened up nicely, with nice complexity and intensity on the palate. Cherry, raspberry, cassis, bay leaf, dried Italian herbs, anise, cloves, vanilla, cedar, earth, and balsamic notes all come through. Really tasty, but maybe a bit too intense. I can see this improving with a few more years of aging so the flavors coalesce and soften a bit more. — 3 months ago

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Tegan Marriott

Tegan Marriott

Ever try vintage 2010 for this particular?
Joel Lara

Joel Lara

No I haven’t. This is actually the my first Lopez de Heredia. Have you tried it?
Tegan Marriott

Tegan Marriott

I have tried their bosconia & cubillo. Haven't tried the tondonia reserva, but do have the 2010 in my cellar.

La Rioja Alta

Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha 2019

Jj Joe
9.5

What a surprise, good for korean foods and chicken too — 4 months ago

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C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España)

Imperial Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2005

This is the best bottle of wine I’ve had from my cellar in years. Nearly perfect. Bought it in 2008 for $30 and one of my great finds. Good lord it was just divine. I’m sure there have been better vintages but I can’t imagine it. — 6 months ago

Achával-Ferrer

Quimera Mendoza Malbec Blend 2021

This Malbec dominant Bordeaux blend from Mendoza, Argentina offers a full body with notes of black pepper, plum, and blackberry. It has smooth, developed tannins with a medium finish. This wine paired beautifully with steak. — 7 months ago

Campo Viejo

Rioja Tempranillo 2017

Just perfect. Souk. Ordered multiple times. Reorder where possible. — 7 years ago

Bodega DiamAndes

Clos de los Siete Malbec Blend 2014

A very nice malbec blend recommended by Zack. — 8 years ago

Trapiche

Oak Cask Mendoza Malbec 2013

One of my favorites — 11 years ago

Bodega Catena Zapata

Alamos Mendoza Malbec 2013

So good! My favorite Malbec currently. — 12 years ago