91 Points Smoke and leather aromas are matched by dried red fruit and spice tones. This is racy on the palate, with a fairly full body. Vanilla and caramel flavors turn darker and toastier with airing, while the fruit on this older Rioja favors cherry and currant. Cocoa, tobacco notes with a juicy length define the finish. Drink through 2024. — M.S., Wine Enthusiast, 2/1/2015.
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Montevannos Reserva 2005 – 92 Points
92 Points What’s great about this wine is how it blends modernity, meaning ripeness, with traditional aromas and flavors of tobacco, earth and oak. The nose is a symphony of marzipan, tobacco and dried fruit scents, while the palate is fresh, alert and houses flavors of baked cherry, plum, vanilla and mossy earth. Pure and smooth on the finish; drink now through 2018. — Michael Schachner, Wine Enthusiast (5/1/2013).
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Castel de Fornos 2014 – 87 Points
87 POINTS Apple, melon and a dusty scent of white pepper get this round, apple-driven Albariño going. Pineapple, lime and orange flavors are solid and finish with a note of almond skin and bitter citrus pith. Drink immediately. — Michael Schachner, Wine Enthusiast (8/1/2015).
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Ribera de Ulver Crianza 2011 – 87 Points
87 Points Dark plum and berry aromas hit with oomph and are accented by toasty, minerally notes. This Mencía is balanced and nicely textured, with blackberry, prune and licorice flavors. Some bitterness comes up on the finish, but mostly this ends like it starts, with jammy richness and dark-fruit notes. — M.S., Wine Enthusiast, 10/2013.
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Coleccion Costeira Treixadura – 88 Points
88 Points Leesy peach and green melon aromas are standard but pleasing on the nose. The palate is fresh, with good body, showing melon and stonefruit flavors. This drink-now wine is friendly and attractive. ~Michael Schachner – Wine Enthusiast 2/15 .
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Señorio de Sarria Rose 2014 – 87 Points
87 Points Lurid pink. Jammy red fruits and tangerine on the perfumed nose. Emphatically fruity and supple in texture, delivering good thrust to its gently sweet raspberry and cherry compote flavors. Finishes smooth warm, with a hint of white pepper adding cut. — Josh Raynolds (Vinous) 4/15 .
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Martinez Lacuesta Rosado 2014 – 87 Points
87 Points Light, bright orange. Ripe red berries and a hint of cherry pit on the nose. Lush and open-knit, offering slightly warm raspberry and cherry pit flavors and a hint of bitter orange pith. Picks up a peppery element with air and finishes with good bite and decent persistence. — Josh Raynolds (Vinous) 4/15 .
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Garduño Rose Bobal 2014 – 87 Points
87 Points Pale silver-pink. High-pitched aromas of pink grapefruit, strawberry and ginger, with a subtle floral nuance in the background. Dry and tightly wound, offering zesty citrus fruit and red berry flavors and a touch of musky rhubarb. Closes on a slightly tart note, leaving bitter orange zest and white pepper notes behind. — Josh Raynolds (Vinous) 4/15.
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Teofilo Reyes Reserva – 89 Points
Ripe and concentrated. Still nearly black, this muscular red is rich with coffee, chocolate, plum and prune flavors, plus notes of earth and game. More brooding than cheerful, it needs air to open up. Drink now through 2007. –TM, Wine Spectator Magazine, Dec 2001.
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Teofilo Reyes Crianza – 95 Points
Gorgeous. Seriously aromatic, this Spanish red explodes with toast, smoke, coconut and vanilla aromas and flavors, with plenty of ripe fruit notes beneath. The tannins are big but beautifully framed, the wine is concentrated but completely harmonious and should improve for a decade. 9,000 cases made. –TM, Wine Spectator Magazine, June 1997.
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