Michael Meyer

9.3

@Delectable Wine this is the Rapolao cuvée. Have we been calling Perez a rock star for too many years now? Let’s just settle on “master”. This wine is refined, aromatic, balanced, and beautiful. And the other “crus” are even better. Forward! — 5 years ago

Jeff Hasmann

9.1

Wow - best mencia I’ve ever had. Palacios is an extremely talented winemaker who is well-known for fine Riojas. But he also owns vineyards in Bierzo growing old vine mencia. This wine is fabulous - medium-bodied, fresh, and lively with gorgeous red fruit, garrigue, and herbs. The fine-grained tannins and bright acidity make this wine a joy to drink. I’ve had many of Raul Perez’s mencias - they are very good; this is better. 2017 vintage on April 21, 2020 — 5 years ago

Daniel Oakley

10

Birthday drinks in Lisbon with Julia. Love it. — 6 years ago

Mike R

9.4

Tune up a week on Wednesday afternoon in Iowa for WNH

Love this wine and Spanish winemaker Raul Perez — 6 years ago

with David, Joe and 2 others

Delci Desiree

10

Raul and I enjoyed a lot — 7 years ago

Raj Harb

9.3

Dark fruit and a cool streak that reminded me of northern Rhône syrah. A big wine but it doesn’t hit you over the head. Tannins are relatively soft, wine is silky and open, maybe the whole cluster effect — 7 years ago

M Haime

9.0

Acid and high dose n tannins freshly opened. After breathing it turned around to be a magnificent Grenache!! Had it with steak. Very good combo — 9 years ago

Ira Schwartz

8.9

This is the AUSLESE. A nose full of mature tropical fruit. In the mouth honeyed fruit with moderate viscosity. Surprisingly very clean fruit and barely a hint of petrol. Only the short finish kept it from a higher score. — 9 years ago

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.4

2011 out of magnum. Very fresh with a long life ahead of it. A shame to drink it now. Ok...not really. Drink it anytime you can. — 10 years ago

Santi

9.0

Me encanta este vino, sincero, puro mencía y a buen precio. Bodega de Raúl Pérez, no hay más que decir. — 10 years ago

Jim Wagonfeld

9.4

A project of Raul Perez. Old vines Mencía and 3 other indigenous varieties. Violets and cherry on the nose. Palate dominated by typical iron/blood flavor of Mencía with red fruit. Stony backbone with softer tannins. Long finish. Young but outstanding potential. This guy is a serious vintner. — 5 years ago

with Judy

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.4

Ok... I admit it... this straggler Spanish Albariño lost it’s way in my cellar. 10 years old for a grape not altogether known for longevity... what do I expect? Medium gold in the glass... clear...broken cork. Amazing aroma of pineapple, lychee, and peach. The wine is still alive.. still offering up bright acidity and round weighted fruit. Poured too cold, the aromas intensify as it warms. The wine is rich, round and complex...playing with your palate. I was prepared to dump, had a lessor wine at the ready. But... hell no. This wine rocks. Mr. Perez is often referred to as a trail-blazing maverick...what do I know. The wine is a wonder! — 5 years ago

Emily Heyward

9.0

Thanks to @Ben Christen , my wine consultant! — 6 years ago

with Jessica

Chip Hughes

9.0

Made in the natty/dank way, an approach that does nothing for this wine...unless you enjoy the smell of cooked vegetables, raw herbs and tobacco in your red wine. However, there’s also a purity, juiciness and energy that wholly redeems it in the end. A really good wine that could’ve been great. #raulperez #bierzo #mencia — 6 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

If you want to test you tolerance for strange wines or you are a wine geek 🤓 this is it. Very much like an oxidized Jura wine made from the savagnin grape but this is Albarin not Albariño! Tastes like a sherry at first. Super nutty and corky but not corked! Kind of like grape cider. Bracing acidity. Drink this by itself and muse over the flavor for hours. Or pair it with stinky cheeses Goat, aged Taleggio a blue cheese etc. . This is not a wine for a dinner party with friends. I actually think cheese screws up our palate but this wine can take it! Bottle 447 of 670 made. An experience but only for the brave. Only available from Max Kogod in the US. — 7 years ago

Marc vanholst

9.3

From the days where Raul Perez still made a 100% pinot noir. In the more recent years of this wine he always uses Mencia in a blend with Pinot. Only 526 bottles made and one of the very few Pinot Noirs from Spain. This is nice but is slightly sharper + has more acidity then Burgundy pinots. Nevertheless a great discovery. — 8 years ago

Chris Dorman

9.5

A delicious Mencia, and tremendous value from Raul Perez. — 10 years ago

Ted

9.3

Haven't had a bad one from Raul Boubet and the string continues. — 10 years ago

with Jeni

Milissa Mosley

9.5

Milissa had this 10 years ago

Marcos Marinho

9.9

Excelente esse vinho!!!! — 12 years ago

with César

Andrew Schirmer

9.4

Love child! Never meant to beeee.... others have described this as a bastard infanta of burgundy & bierzo. This is a true statement. Dusty cherries, strawberries, great tannins, balance, hint of funk. In a spot right now that hints at future glories, tertiary aromas beginning to develop. All very Burgundian but with the extra womp of a bierzo backbone. Fabulous. — 5 years ago

with Alsu

Patrik balint

9.3

Very dark, supersilky and soft. Like drinking velvet bjt after a little while a lot of dark fruit but then even later you will feel the soft but remakable tannins. Very nice and complex but not loud at all — 5 years ago

Heather Seeno

8.9

Cibo Grille, Ft Myers, with Lee and Raul. Similar to a Pinot Noir. Acidic, complex, lighter. Would order again. — 6 years ago

Gerardo Suro

9.0

Interesting wine. Kept changing and evolving in a good way. Started things off with a bit of menthol followed by blueberries, blackberries, currant and violets. Prieto Picudo’s the grape from Leon, Spain. Seek it and know it., if you can find it. You’ll be rewarded plenty by the masterful hand of Raul Perez. — 6 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

So fresh. Reminds me of Gamay at first. Deep dark red. Quite tannic dark berries black cherries hint cedar chalky a touch bitter. This has years to go. Needs many hours of decanting. Bottle 170 out of ? Very small production. From Max Kogod. — 7 years ago

Justin S.

10

Served to a group that wanted not too heavy and coming from a cab and a chateaux neuf du Pape. (Forgive spelling) — 8 years ago

Wil Demandt

9.2

Vintage 2008

P@P. Very delicate. Nose better than the palate. Reminds me of a spatburgunder. Improves by the glass... — 9 years ago

Michael Corcoran

9.2

Superb blend, and a gorgeous bottle !! Enjoyed w/ Raul y Charo en Barcelona !! — 10 years ago

Alejandro Artigas

9.3

Outstanding, one of the best whites I've ever had. It is so enchanting and perfect. It is golden, more like a fortified wine, yet it has fruit, balance, acidity. — 10 years ago

Ruud Verhagen

9.2

Raul Perez is a superb winemaker..!! — 11 years ago