Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Blend of 60% Grenache, 30% Tempranillo & 10% Graciano, aged for 6 months in used oak, for this debut offering, deep Ruby with aromas of red fruits, floral and spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and red plum with licorice and floral spice. Medium+ finish, fine tannins, good acidity balance, ending with fruit and mineral character. — 4 years ago

Ruth Younie

9.0

Love this wine - soft on the palate, gentle spice (coriander) on the nose. Perfect accompaniment to cooking dinner! — 5 years ago

Josh Hirsch

9.5

Delicious. Drink it. Love it — 5 years ago

Jordi Pazo

9.1

Hotel Majestic. La Gran Noche de la Rioja.
27.06.19 — 6 years ago

Janet Alvarez

9.1

Smooth and full bodied. Delicious, will buy again. — 6 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

Evelyn Fleisher

9.0

Good, had at Hoxley and Porter — 7 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.0

Nice stuff nothing noteworthy — 8 years ago

Max Vodianytskyi

9.0

Nice one. Love it! — 10 years ago

Alberto Pineda Magro

8.9

Buen hallazgo, un buen vinito rosado, nos ha acompañado en una bonita noche. — 11 years ago

Brandi Bratek

9.0

Great choice with a good steak. Starts off a bit dry but opens up nicely with some air. A bit musty with ripe cherries, and a hint of dark chocolate. — 4 years ago

Panagis Vagenas

9.6

Delish!!!!! — 4 years ago

Gerardo Hernández

9.5

Vino mexicano con cuerpo robusto, color rubi intenso y semi turbio con sedimentos en copa. Tánico con notas de roble, vainilla, sotobosque, zarzamora y canela. Por supuesto que tiene sabor salino característico de la región y unas ligeras notas de pimiento verde al final de cada sorbo.
Astringencia es media y la permanencia es alta. — 5 years ago

LeMel Humes

9.0

Very smooth and good with spicy and red meat — 6 years ago

with Suzanne

Jordi Pazo

9.0

Vila. Cata Blancos de Rioja. Viura y algo de palomino de Emilio Hidalgo. Detalle de Gonzalo.
05.11.18 — 7 years ago

Boxer Briefs

10

1920. Oldest wine I’ve ever opened. Pristine provenance, tasted like old Burgundy. Total stunner. Conversation started at 2015 white Burgundy and somehow we made it to 1920 Rioja. They were super stoked, wish we had another bottle. Red fruit, not really oxidized at all, I would guess they added some CO2 when they recorked these. Good stuff and a total show stopper. A lot of fun. — 7 years ago

Luis F Gimenez

9.1

After 39 years, this wine still has held up well. Typical Rioja Tempranillo grapes with tobacco, leather and black fruit to the nose. Oaky. Almost no tannins and still balanced.
Given to me by a good friend of mine who obviously kept it well cellared all these years! — 8 years ago

Joy Dyer

9.2

Joy had this 9 years ago

Diego Sanchez Codez

9.1

Buff muy muy bueno!!! — 11 years ago

Ellen Lawrence

10

Really enjoyed — 13 years ago

Steven Gullo

9.3

Finished in Sherry casks. Very cool savory element to this. Salty minerality and green apple. Very unique but reminds me somewhat of dry Alsace Riesling — 4 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Z4 lic mazf jhi pablo c — 4 years ago

Curtis Hauge

10

Aromas of baked apples, apricots, nutty and waxy. On the pallet it’s crispy and refreshing with taste of green apples, creamy with a mid to full body mouth feel. — 5 years ago

Campbell Howe

9.0

Non sweet but light bodied. Like a perfect, lightweight, summary pinot. No fruit. Liked a lot. — 6 years ago

Hajime Kawasaki

8.9

辛口だが豊か。
サラダに！樽熟成させた。 — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.4

I’m a huge Ygay fan so getting hold of the latest 09 @ £85 was like a kid gone wild in a candy store 😁 It’s showing fabulous already but time will definitely bring immense happiness 😉

Needs 4-5 years to shine more 👍

📍Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay 2009

🏵 93-94 with 96-98 potential

🍇 81% Tempranillo & 19% Mazuelo

🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Buttery cocoa vanilla bathed dark cherry in light soft smokey oak w/ balsamic, red fruit tones, subtle blueberry & raspberry liquorice

👄 Med+ body of rich ripe dark cherry bathed in cocoa cram w/ a dry balsamic vanilla backbone

🎯 Long dark cherry & red liquorice cocoa smooth creamy balsamic linger w/ a touch dry end — 7 years ago

Lisa Lennard

9.5

Mustard Seed in Inverness, Scotland. Lovely city, lovely wine. — 8 years ago

with Amy

David Jacobs

9.1

Outstanding. Refined, balanced and ready to drink. 2003 in 12/16. — 9 years ago

Andrew Kenyon

9.0

Very rich and fruity, cherry and raspberry. — 10 years ago

Conor White

9.6

Excellente — 12 years ago