Sipping Fine Wine

9.5

Blend of mostly Tempranillo with about equal amounts of Garnacho, Graciano and Manzuelo, deep Ruby with a graceful bouquet of berry fruits, cigar box spice with fresh earthy tones, a traditional Rioja, still reticent. On the silky smooth palate, elegant with layers of flavors of ripe blackberry and cherry, tobacco, smoky cedar, dark fruit, vanilla spice, very well balanced with fine soft tannins and a clean structure ending with a nice long chalky earthy character. Delicious! — 10 months ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

9.0

Tobacco, leather and black pepper with a hint of caramel. BIG boy! — 4 years ago

John Davidson

8.9

Great value at $20 — 5 years ago

Matthew Mountford

10

Pretty good. Got me drunk. — 6 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.2

Balanced intensity. Nice spice edge. Tobacco drenched in dark tart cherry and huckleberries ....I think. 😄. I just threw that one in because it was on my mind. We were eating huckleberries on our trails hiking Idaho this weekend. 👍 — 7 years ago

with Tammy

Erika Bird

8.9

Light oak, better with food — 8 years ago

Nate

8.9

Solid Tempranillo. Drinks now. Good second bottle of the night — 9 years ago

Nick Pedersen

10

Birthday wine with lamb chops, garlic mashed potatoes, and creamed peas and onions. Perfect compliment. — 11 years ago

Casey Sackett

9.1

Rich dark opulent. Long black pepper finish. — 11 years ago

Rebecca Mezzack

9.2

Delicious and smooth...fruit forward. — 12 years ago

Brian Hearty

9.5

2011. This is the Gran Reserva. Delectable locked up last night trying to enter that… our wine of the night. My daughter said that on each bite from multiple dishes, either the wine made the food better, or the food made the wine better. So glad I finally was able to drink a bottle! Happy New Year! — 2 years ago

Ginnis Tonik

10

Everything I want in a summery sparkly rose! Dry but with just the right amount of berry fruits! — 5 years ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.1

Nariz: cereza, frambuesa, ciruela, cuero, rosas. Aromas secundarios y terciarios.

Boca: Tanino M, Acidez M, Alcohol M

En su punto de tomar. — 5 years ago

Natalie Logsdon

9.1

Pretty good. Grenache and syrah. 2011 vintage. — 7 years ago

Mirelsa Modestti

9.8

This is my first experience with this wine. The ruby rim and long legs announce a great wine. And the promise is delivered. I’m greeted with a beautiful bouquet and as soon as I taste it, I decide I have a new favorite wine. Red fruit, sandalwood and a dash of peppermint just to remind you that it can be spring all year. — 7 years ago

speedy duncan

9.1

Fabulous brut nature with starters or aperitif wish we could get this stateside — 8 years ago

Xavi Nolla

9.3

Eternal wine. #rioja — 9 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.5

Over delivering. Drinks like a Reserva, and a steal at $25. Leathery fruit and creamy silkiness. Long earthy finish. Evolving constantly. Showing wonderfully, drink up! — 11 years ago

Eric Taylor

9.3

Great nose ...dark fruit and leather smell ...nice and smooth on the palate... Dark fruit...very good wine ! — 11 years ago

Richard Jennings

9.9

Spectacular, youthful, 1942 Rioja with decades to go yet. Yowser! — 12 years ago

Joe Fischer

9.2

Thought this was a really unique Rioja. Deep Rick ruby with a smokey burnt caramel aroma. On the bud, stewed dark cherries, pepper, and pomegranate that is smooth and a long finish. Nice tannins in the mouth. Great price for a gran reserva from a famous Rioja winery. — 3 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.1

Vibrant Rioja with bright flavors of pie cherry, marionberry and tart plum. Needed opening for at least 60-90 minutes to get a deeper layers of earthy, leather and oak. — 4 years ago

with Tammy

Kaa Kaa

8.9

Very good !!! — 6 years ago

John Davidson

8.9

Hard to give a read on this, given its wine companions for the night. Seems like it’s at its peak and the tannins were medium through the two hours we drank from it. Wasn’t decanted, would love to be tasting it again today to see what was left. — 6 years ago

Jorge B.

9.0

2016 vintage. Dark red. Ripe fruit. earthy nose. Wild herbal quality. Good acidity. Balanced out by medium tannins. — 7 years ago

Meg Herring

8.9

Good now but I think it will be better in 5. — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.5

Goodness I love LRA wines. The nose on these are intoxicating. American oak has calmed down but still full of coconut and dill. Could smell it all day. Incredibly pure on the palate. Blackberries, Mexican vanilla, green pepper. No tannic bite. — 8 years ago

with Dan and Mark

Orhan Uzelli

9.2

Great balance, easy drink.. — 11 years ago

Jean-Phillippe Landry

9.1

Beautiful, fresh and easy to drink — 12 years ago

Conor White

9.6

Excellente — 13 years ago