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

Janet Alvarez

9.1

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

Rob Smith

9.0

Balanced, fruity, violet undertones. Easy drinker. — 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

michael

9.1

Good red fruit earth tannins — 9 years ago

Caitlin Accurso

9.0

Very good. On a mission to find the one Mabel had. This is good. — 9 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

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

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 — 8 years ago

Luke V

9.3

Goes well with a great view on a hot day — 9 years ago

David Jacobs

9.1

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

Herbert De Nova

8.9

Another good cheap wine from Mexico — 9 years ago

Guthrie Raimondo

8.9

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

LeMel Humes

9.0

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

with Suzanne

Joelene Hasse

9.0

Smokey with oak notes — 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. — 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

Joy Dyer

9.2

Joy had this 9 years ago