Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Deep Ruby with aromas of dark red fruits, spice and floral notes. On the palate flavors of plum and black cherry with licorice, tea and spice notes. Fine tannins, lively acidity, medium(+) finish ending with fruit, slight alcohol burn and savory spice. Nice value, drink now! — 4 years ago

Vaughn Liley

9.0

Takes me back to Marques de Riscal and the Frank Gehry designed hotel - go there if you haven’t been! — 5 years ago

LeMel Humes

9.0

Very smooth and good with spicy and red meat — 7 years ago

with Suzanne

Chris England

9.5

Fab 05 top Rioja @ £70-100 in a great year & a fav of mine - will keep improving but great now 😉 Awesome 2020-30 👍

📍 Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 2005

🏵 95 points w/ 96-98 potential

🍇 89% Tempranillo & 11% Mazuelo

🍷 Deep ruby

👃 Soft oak through dark spiced berries, currants & cherry with creamy vanilla, light smoked tobacco, leather, mocha, coconut, mint & balsamic into choc cherry gateaux w/ a bit of date coming through

👄 Med+ body of deluxe silky smooth creamy stewed rich dark cherry driven fruits all perfectly balanced w/ thick cocoa cream, vanilla & balsamic touch

🎯 Long seductive oak, cocoa, balsamic & dark fruit cherry boom linger — 7 years ago

Deb K

10

Dipping and stuffing the face as the food became more beautiful around with this Marques de Caceres tempranillo 1985 gran reserva at Costa Brava in San Diego among friends. — 7 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.0

Nice stuff nothing noteworthy — 9 years ago

Neal Ferry

8.9

Lacked something… thanks Tom Tom — 4 years ago

harry Juggins

9.0

A rioja to remember — 5 years ago

Jon Bergqvist

9.7

Of all the old Rioja I’ve been drinking this last year this, together with the Marqués de Riscal 1964, stands out the most. A stunning wine with mindblowing complexity. A true joy to drink. The bottle was finished extremely fast. — 6 years ago

Janet Alvarez

9.1

Smooth and full bodied. Delicious, will buy again. — 7 years ago

Brent Clayton

9.2

Lovely nose of dried fruit and nuts, soft and elegant on the plate, with a hint of dryness on the finish. Layered on the palate and lingers in the mouth. -En Rama NYC popup — 7 years ago

Jonathan Cullum

9.5

This is a brilliant wine. Red fruit, smooth, elegant. I haven't had a wine this good in a very long time. AR$732 / US$45 at a restaurant in Buenos Aires, in NYC this is a $150. Mazaltov to you if you can find it. — 8 years ago

michael

9.1

Good red fruit earth tannins — 9 years ago

BaliRain

8.9

Blitz heavy duty — 4 years ago

Steve Churchill

9.0

With cheese, gorgeous — 5 years ago

Guthrie Raimondo

8.9

Dry sherry flavor with a bit of funk — 6 years ago

Ann G

9.8

Joe and I both love it, would definitely buy again — 7 years ago

Joelene Hasse

9.0

Smokey with oak notes — 7 years ago

Evelyn Fleisher

9.0

Good, had at Hoxley and Porter — 8 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.1

So interesting; a breadth of freshness with apricot, peach, ginger and pine nuts. Super delicious — 9 years ago