Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
86
/100
Reviews
19
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2010
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86/100
Tempranillo
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Taster #4474
· Apr 7, 2024
89/100
Dark and brooding but lots of fruit and nice with food. Improved a lot since my last bottle.
2010 vintage
Taster #6466
· Jun 30, 2022
90/100
Nicely evolved and open, notes of tobacco, spices, vanilla, old leather, red and dark fruit. Dusty tannins on the palate, good acidity, decent depth and length. 89-91
2010 vintage
Taster #1502
· Jun 1, 2022
91/100
I love this style of wine. This vintage is a step behind the '05, but is drinking very well now. A great value.
2010 vintage
Taster #3333
· Dec 26, 2021
90/100
Perfect now delicious Rioja
2010 vintage
Taster #4182
· Dec 18, 2021
89/100
Not as good as some of my previous bottles but a solid Rioja.
2010 vintage
Taster #4578
· Aug 14, 2021
Tea, spice, and dusty/toasty barrel notes. No fruit at this point.
2010 vintage
Taster #0727
· Oct 9, 2020
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2010 vintage
Taster #1714
· Sep 26, 2020
94/100
This was unbelievably good. It hit all the right notes of maturity but in perfect balance with its very much still present fruit and acidity. And it may have been even better on night 2. What a value! 10 years young!
2010 vintage
Taster #1640
· Oct 31, 2019
91/100
I really like the direction and development this has taken. It needed a long period of air (I slow-O'd overnight) before the full breadth of the profile could be appreciated. There was lavender, licorice, blackberry pie, cinnamon, sweet red cherry, pipe tobacco, and other floral-driven scents. The palate is better balanced than before but it still doesn't have the persistence to stretch into Riserva territory. Nonetheless, this seems to really be rewarding patience. I wish I had another 3 in …
2010 vintage
Taster #1640
· Jul 15, 2019
89/100
Nearly three years since my first one and it is much easier to drink now. It’s still a bit of a big brute, but the elements overall have better balance and a longer drive to the bouquet. Still not fully harmonious and it lacks some elegance. I can’t be sure that more time will help that aspect. 5+11+5+8= 89
2010 vintage
Taster #1649
· Jan 17, 2019
85/100
Not my taste. For a Spanish wine I expected Spanish flavors. This is more modern world flavor. Although good for what it is. It is not what I expected.
2010 vintage
Taster #4602
· Nov 5, 2018
92/100
Scents of dark berries, coffee, and hazelnuts. Tastes of cherry cordial, smoke, coffee, and some licorice.
2010 vintage
Taster #5385
· Oct 4, 2018
50/100
Completely aweful. Bad bottle, weather or other
2010 vintage
Taster #7997
· Oct 3, 2018
85/100
Very disappointing; not sure if it suffered from heat damage. Tarry, smokey nose with bitter finish. dumped it.
2010 vintage
Taster #5416
· Sep 30, 2018
82/100
Wine Dinner featuring Paella (Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake) : This was not to my liking. Not traditional and over the top modern. Big fruits and alcoholic. Too much wood. No balance and no acidity. Dump this one out.
2010 vintage
Taster #9438
· Sep 29, 2018
Paella Night and the Aftermath (Margaux's Table, White Bear Lake, MN) : Very dark red/purple color. Followed a glass over an hour plus. This has a deep brooding nose of dark fruits, hints of dill; baked blackberry palate, black cherry, tar, charcoal. The fruit seems a bit stewed and there is some heat. Score reserved.
2010 vintage
Taster #4578
· Sep 18, 2018
Fine. At first opening, overpowering oak and no fruit. Over time, more earth and herbs come out, but still lacking in fruit notes on nose and palate. I'm curious to see if this evolves into something better.
2010 vintage
Taster #6330
· Jul 22, 2018
nothing fancy...pleasant drink
2010 vintage
Taster #3521
· May 28, 2018
86/100
Neither bad nor good. Entirely drinkable. Ripe and smooth. Pleasant iodine rioja finish. Just came up a little empty on verve.
2010 vintage
Taster #5507
· May 5, 2018
88/100
Well oaked, with a coconut or vanilla note on the nose. A little thin on the palate, but with some pleasant black fruit, cinnamon, and herb. Simple quaff at a good price.
2010 vintage
Taster #7915
· Jan 24, 2018
89/100
Did not disappoint after tasting at Total Wine event. Blackberry and herbs with soft tannins, nice acidity giving balance. Cherry with a hint of leather. Drank over two days and second day showed a softer wine. Very good especially at the price point.
2010 vintage
Taster #9933
· Sep 27, 2017
85/100
Very smooth, easy drinking on taco night!
2010 vintage
Taster #6909
· Aug 17, 2017
90/100
First bottle disappointed, but the second rang true. This is like a baby version of the voluptuous 2005 Valsacro, but with more oaky roundness. Lipsmackingly delicious, no doubt. Leathery tannins; this just about satisfied as a Rioja but is best appreciated as a bottle of yummy oaky hedonism with great acid balance. Needs half an hour of air at this point. Excellent value. 14%, $18.
2010 vintage
Taster #1796
· Jul 29, 2017
88/100
This is a pure vin de plaisir. Oodles of ripe (but not overripe) purple fruit, suggestions of spice, plenty of vanillin oak, and thoroughly modern.
2010 vintage
Taster #4877
· Jun 14, 2017
Very yummy with "Mexican" burgers with grilled onion and avocado.... so amazing!!!!
2010 vintage