Sierra Alta
Podere Poggio Scalette
Il Carbonaione Alta Valle della Greve IGT Sangiovese 2021
This is a serious wine - understated, tannic, alot going on. Agree w other reviewers that this vintage may be a bit young to crack open - didn't feel fully integrated yet. — a month ago
Bodega Catena Zapata
Angelica Zapata Alta Malbec 2019
J. Rached - Out/2023.
Álcool 13,7% — 6 months ago
Álcool 13,7%
Bodegas Ramón Bilbao
Crianza Rioja Tempranillo 2022
Excellent with a completely outrageous chunk of bleeding super quality angus beef — 5 months ago
Terra d'Oro
Amador County Zinfandel
Had a ruby color. Smelled like red berries and tasted like cherry or blackberry. — 7 months ago
Renwood Winery
Premier Amador County Old Vine Zinfandel 2023
Clear, pale ruby in color; on the nose, it’s clean with pronounced primary and secondary aromas of raspberries, blueberries, and tobacco; on the palate, it’s dry with medium acidity, medium tannins, high alcohol, medium body, and pronounced primary and secondary flavors of strawberries, blackberries, and tar with a long finish. This wine is simple, but intense. It's a little hot, but should pair well with pizza. Overall this wine is good. Nellie says it's ok. — 15 hours ago
La Rioja Alta
Viña Alberdi Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 2019
Vintage 2019 | A hint of roses. perfumed spicyness. It is in a good drinking window now. Much to explore. — 17 days ago
La Rioja Alta
Gran Reserva 904 Rioja Tempranillo Graciano 2016
La Zeiran Madrid — 19 days ago
R. López de Heredia
Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Blanco Malvasia Viura 2005
Just when you think it’s going to Thelma & Louise, it spawns wings and lifts off. - at Franklin PT — 2 months ago
La Rioja Alta
Viña Ardanza Reserva Selección Especial Tempranillo Blend 2019
Lovely bunch of coconuts. Oak glazed in balsamic. Agreeable. — 5 months ago
Bodega Catena Zapata
Catena Alta Historic Rows Malbec 2019
Fruity and well-balanced — 8 months ago
Sandlands
Amador County Chenin Blanc 2018
Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several days. Consistent throughout. The 2018 pours a straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of Bartlett pear, passion fruit, lanolin, honeysuckle and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and soooooo wooly. These Sandlands Chenin Blancs are fun with some age. Drink now through 2033. — 21 days ago
Bodegas Sierra Cantabria
Crianza Rioja Tempranillo
Nice wine. Paired well with pork and salmon. Good value too. — 19 days ago
R. López de Heredia
Viña Tondonia Rioja Rosé Blend 2012
Blood orange and cloves as well as cherries in the nose. A bit of vanilla as it opens up. Tastes of tangerine and clove with a sweet cherry after taste. — 2 months ago
Arnot-Roberts
El Dorado Gamay Noir 2016
First vintage post-RPM, immensely enjoyable ten years on. As in Beaujolais, this CA interpretation is losing its original energy over time, but maintains its own signature profile. — 5 months ago
La Rioja Alta
Viña Arana Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2001
A very nice experience drinking this. Might have been a touch better 5-10 years ago around the 15-20 year mark (and was great around ‘08-‘12) but despite a disintegrated cork is still a very nice wine with a beef dish. Have one more of the ‘01 and will have to open it within the next year. — 8 months ago
Daniel M
R. Lopez de Heredia, Viña Cubillo, Rioja Crianza 2017
This is one of the many bottles we brought back in the trunk of our car from Spain and France after our summer stay over there. The nose shows dark berries, prune, meat juice, autumn forest soil after rain, oak. This is rather complex and layered. The palate is very well made and defined. There is a good acid drive, some nice dark berries and dark cherry notes all along, some width, some spices, a good tannic wall in the rear, disturbing ever so slighlty the mouthfeel by leaving a grippy, drying layer over a long, fruity, spicy finish which goes on for quite a while. The meat juice note that was showing in the nose makes a come back in the very end, adding a savoury, umami touch which is pretty nice, I must say. It's not at the level of the viña tondonia 2011 I tasted a while ago (and it costs only a fraction of the price) but it's very good Rioja Crianza in its own right. Not in-your-face, fresh and balanced winemaking style. Great effort !
90 out of 100 — 14 days ago