Only made in exceptional years, this Rioja from the Murrieta vineyard is one of the best wines from this region and 1994 was truly an exceptional year. At 24 years old it has lasted very well retaining it’s fruit and structure despite some sub optimal storing conditions over the first few years. — 7 years ago
As always, murrieta is a gain — 10 years ago
Tobacco, tea leaf, reduction funk, cured meat, dried strawberry. Hanging in strong at 20 years out. — 11 years ago
Herbal notes, flowers. Fine tannins. — 7 years ago
With Paula and Don in Murrieta — 8 years ago
Worried this was corked but it's blown off. Amazingly youthful for a near 100 year old wine- probably reconditioned. Resolved dark wood and sour cherry. Very pretty and persistent. Hours later this has exploded. Soft and gorgeous. No issues. Pure joy. — 9 years ago
Premium unoaked 🇪🇸 Rose & £35 from YGay vineyards of only 9,000 bottles & 1st in a decade! Wow this is lovely 👍 if cheaper I’d give more on QPR but what a lovely bottle 😍
🍇 100% Mazuelo
🍷 Rusted orange peachy pink
👃 Peach, red apple, minerals, honey, vanilla & strawberry
👄 Med body refreshing of rich creamy red apples, minerals, raspberry & gooey peach
🎯 Med+ ripe fruity sweet red apple w/ red berry fruits & light mineral — 8 years ago

This is Tioga-Sequoia Brewery's Joaquin Murrieta Chili Beer. Where do I start? The terroir? (Fresno, where so many good things come from, grows the chiles, that make this beer a spicy, hot and cold phenomenon) The smog? The heat? The complicated geo-political space? The morlock valley we all are happy to disparage with one side of our mouth while stuffing it's stone fruits in the other? Sharp, hot chile flavor in the front, round, smokey, still hot chile flavor in the back. Lingers a long time on the exhale. A yeasty, wheaty nose doesn't give any of it's secrets away. I haven't seen this gracing the supermarket aisles any where else but Fresno, so if you find yourself there, grab some. 2017 — 8 years ago
drank 2002 a great rioja with more aging potential cedar leather berry — 9 years ago
Magnífico !! — 12 years ago
Jeffrey Sherman
Crisp and refreshing .. citrus and good minerality... good drinking on its own or with light fare. I’d drink it erydamday with Nick Murrieta talking about nonsense — 7 years ago