Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

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. — 2 months ago

Chris Buggy

9.1

Vanilla! But once it calms down, good round tannins, good body, super smooth at this point, perfect for the obligatory Father’s Day steaks — 3 months ago

with Jennifer

John Bratincevic

9.2

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

John Davidson

9.7

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. — 5 months ago

Sagee Aran

9.2

A 10 year Rioja, drinking beautifully, all smooth, fresh nose with good fruits and a chewy mouth feel. Medium to full body, tasty — 6 months ago

Jason MacLean

9.1

A very nice experience drinking this. Might have been a touch better 5-10 years ago around the 15-20 year mark (and was great around ‘08-‘12) but despite a disintegrated cork is still a very nice wine with a beef dish. Have one more of the ‘01 and will have to open it within the next year. — 8 months ago

Damian

9.3

Cedar, fruit in the background, coconut?. Mature and delicious — 10 months ago

Liz ODay

9.0

Delicious wine tasted in La Rioja — 7 years ago

Mindy Woytasczyk

9.0

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

Oskar Brauer

9.2

Mermelada de frutos rojos chocolate, cacao, en boca larga persistencia — 10 years ago

Joel Lara

9.4

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. — 2 months ago

Jj Joe

9.5

What a surprise, good for korean foods and chicken too — 3 months ago

John Bratincevic

9.0

Good fruit, good acidity, clear pomegranate (including the white rind!). Solid 90! I should downgrade my last 90 this is better. Good deal! 😀😀 — 4 months ago

Stanley Dowell

9.2

Classic style rioja. Bold and dry with a little spice — 6 months ago

with Matt

Heather Rostker

9.2

Nice gran riserva — 7 months ago

with Emmett and Brian

James Everhart

9.3

Excellent with just a bit of breathing, a good deal at $24 which I do not expect to see any time again soon. A good dinner wine, drunk on January 19, 2026.  — 8 months ago

Yash Gala

9.0

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

John Busby

9.0

Beautiful salmon color in the glass, spring flowers on the nose, paired perfectly with charcuterie & pintxos at Coqueta, with just enough acidic muscle to stand up to the food. — 8 years ago

Nathan Wegener

9.0

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

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Deep Ruby red color with aromas of berry fruits, spice and herb notes. On the palate flavors of cherry and blackberry with notes of oak and black pepper notes. Fine soft tannins, nice balance with acidity, medium+ finish ending with fruit, vanilla, oak and slight earthy spice character. — 2 months ago

Andy Stabile

9.1

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 — 3 months ago

Kay Patterson

9.3

Best wine for the price — 3 months ago

Bobbi Jo Broxson

9.4

Really happy birthday to me! — 5 months ago

with Brian

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.4

Rare beef on the immediate nose.

94 points — 6 months ago

Mitchell Tubbs

9.0

Good, would buy again. Not too heavy not too light, good aftertaste. — 8 months ago

Monique

10

Excellent wine — 9 months ago

Jonas Johansson

9.0

Vanilla bomb — 5 years ago

Aaron Krauss

9.0

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

Eric Heuer

9.0

Wonderfully easy to drink. Great white. — 9 years ago

Neil Schlecht

9.3

2001. One of the best modern-style Riojas. Not over the top like some. Precise. — 12 years ago