10/4/2023 - lolo66 wrote:

had me fooled. very vibrant and fresh. no tannins whatsoever, thought this was a natural wine. lovely fruit and bright purple fruits. enjoyed very much

10/4/2023 - lolo66 wrote:

its a travesty that I had this at a dinner after tasting so many other wines that it was lost on me. May the Gods let me drink this again with a clearer head and palate.

9/10/2021 - Nutty08 Likes this wine:

Explosive nose up opening but faded over the evening. Aromatic spice, tea, and cranberry notes. Apparent whole cluster influence. Palate is fine, rounded fruit with some bitter stem notes on the back end. Delicious and somewhat exotic. Fades on the finish with a tinny metallic note as the major clue this may be slightly past peak, though I enjoyed more than my last bottle 2yrs ago.

3/28/2021 - lolo66 wrote:

1st time trying since purchased on release 8 years ago. needs some air to wake up and reveal itself. magenta red color. American oak showing but not invasive. showing some secondary notes of tobacco, and loam.

5/6/2020 - lolo66 wrote:

high toned, savory, but - for me - missing a certain amount of complexity. decent...

4/12/2020 - lolo66 wrote:

Needs a lot of air, but this really shines as a fruit driven minerally infused powerhouse with a healthy dose of anthill acidity

12/27/2019 - lolo66 wrote:

wow. what a screaming bargain. wonderful perfumed floral - violets, lavender, exotic fruits. tannins on end give it some body and drying elements. A sicilian beaujolais.

9/10/2014 - lolo66 wrote:

had a quick taste. mid weight, decent balance between fruit and earth. just nothing all too exciting.

11/3/2019 - lolo66 wrote:

slowly the oak is getting integrated, but this wine is still in need of a long decant and aeration. With air, there is ample sweet cherries infused with a healthy does of orange peel. ncie acidity and structure. This will be long lived and can easily see enjoying this for next 20-30 years.

10/14/2019 - studleytrey Likes this wine:

What a beautiful bottle of wine here; I'm really loving it tonight, and a perfect pairing for our ropa vieja which had been sitting and developing flavors for a few days now, so this was a real treat all around.

Medium garnet color with some transparency. Gorgeous aromatics from the pop and developing in the glass, showing notes of red and transitioning to dark and dark red fruits, cedar, flowers, dill initially and then fading, clove, licorice, orange peel, lemon, vanilla, potpourri, and a bit of earthy funk. Fantastic. Medium body and acid, medium (+) finish, with flavors of cherry, raspberry, bitter red apple skin, lemon, black tea, clove, and an herbal hint. This is incredible. It's drinking great right now but I think it could age at least 2-5 more years as well, and with 2 more of this vintage in holding, I think I'll give the next a few more years and see what happens. I gotta give it up, 95 pts. for me.

11/6/2018 - lolo66 wrote:

This is taking a long time to open up. After 90 minutes in glass sharting to show brighter and clear cherry, some mint. Certainly not the pwoerhouse others have described. Purchased in auction with supposed perfect provenance, I'd like to think this is just needing more air. We shall see...

11/2/2017 - lolo66 wrote:

Small taste. Intriguing blend. An Iberian blend. Needs more time to integrate. Materials are there. I will seek out.

10/13/2017 - wormfarmer Likes this wine:

91-93. Tough tasting day, given the fires in the North Bay and the toxic air quality happening here in the East Bay. So aromas today are unfortunately only too muted/confused. But this wine still sings through the Delillo-esque Airborne Toxic Event we're all muddling through -- soy/umami/black olive/mushrooms/red currants/wild strawberries on the palate. As always with Peciña, it overdelivers on value. Why and how we're allowed to get a glorious, prime-of-drinking-window, 11-year-old Vendimia Seleccionada from one of the two great classicist producers in Rioja (I like LdH, but I'm not a La Rioja Alta fan) for chump change is beyond me.

7/3/2017 - BigGDaddy Likes this wine:

I have owned this for 3 years and was waiting and waiting to open it based on the reviews here. The first bottle, the cork just crumbled and the wine had turned. The second, it seems as if the best days were two years ago. Granted, it was fine, but the 05 is much better and I was humbly suggest drinking the 04 now. The color had turned to almost Brunello. It was not deep and rich. It took about 45 minutes to mute its sour start, and actually settled into a nice wine. Was concerned it had too much air already--but got better despite the coloration. It's a mystery.

3/10/2017 - lolo66 wrote:

deep nose of ponegranate, cranberries, and sour cherry. Also some high toned white jasmine. i can smell the acidity. The palate matches the nose. it is medium bodied and expressive. a bit acidic with subtle tannins, but showing enough after 30 minutes to give a lot of pleasure. Excellent.

3/1/2017 - lolo66 wrote:

2 oz pour. Not decanted. I liked this a lot. Several layers of minerals, dusty rasberrries, some cherry liquor. Touches of smoke and all spice. All this and delicate and elegant.

1/13/2017 - lolo66 wrote:

Opened unexpectedly by my wife for a friend to have a glass of wine thinking it wasn't anything special. Got home to see it... and well enjoyed a glass with them. Quite ready and integrated and silky tannins, touch rusticity, but overall a very nice fruit profile. Nothing on the ripe side but nothing on the green side either. Just very fresh berry fruit along with acidity and earthy elements. Was very good.

11/21/2016 - HandmadeHomemade wrote:

Not too much going on here... decanted for 1 hour, little to no acid, dark fruit, massive body. Pretty simple and was underwhelmed by the meal we were haveing the wine with. Good by itself- but kinda disappointing...

9/18/2016 - lolo66 wrote:

such pure cherry flavor profile - really astounding how tasty this is. tons of acidity sneaking up in background and very fine tannins and a faint mineral streak giving this balance and depth. Quite the qpr. I should load up on this.

2/24/2016 - yesillhaveanotherglassplease wrote:

A heavily-oaked wine with a slightly buttery nose. Mouth of fresh cherries, a touch earthy, and with an acidity that briefly outlasts the mild tannins. The wine is fine, but does not express the variety in any noticeable sense. One should be able to expect more from a wine in this price range.

12/4/2015 - lolo66 wrote:

elegant, refined with cigar box notes but more fruit and pleasing

11/10/2015 - WST Likes this wine:

Hard to believe, but this might be better than the '12. Best young muscadet I've ever opened. Perhaps the best Q/P on the planet.

10/29/2015 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:

From magnum. Not decanted.
Initially strong oak aromas. After 45 minutes breathing the wine started to show its real qualities with aromas of violets, coal and wet earth. Harmonically balanced. On the palate this bottle was ready from the first moment. Silky, suave yet firm, long Tempranillo with good acidity despite the criticised vintage. Where is the supposed warm?
Elegance is possible in Toro.

De una magnum. No se decantó.
Inicialmente fuertes aromas a roble. Después de 45 minutos respirando del vino comenzaron a mostrarse sus cualidades de verdad con aromas a violetas, carbón y tierra mojada. Armónicamente equilibrada. En boca esta botella estaba lista desde el primer momento. Sedoso, suave pero firme, largo Tempranillo con una buena acidez a pesar de la criticada añada. ¿Dónde está el supuesto calor?
La elegancia es posible en Toro.

1/30/2015 - short and confused wrote:

Popped and poured. Deep ruby. Clearly some great material here but relatively monolithic on the nose and on the palate at this point. It is pretty seamless now with some lovely smoke, minerals and vanilla. I have loved this bottling with age and I think this needs a few years (or more time in the glass/decanter) to really express itself.

11/6/2014 - youngjc1 wrote:

This wine was a bit disjointed at first, but drinking great by the end of the night. Forgot to stop it up for the night, but to my great surprise it was drinking even better on day two. Makes me wonder if I've been doing things wrong by drinking these so early without giving them any air.

Nice acidity and minerality, with tastes of stone fruits (peach?), wet rocks along a fresh spring, lemon, and honey. As others have said, perhaps not the most complex wine. But it sure is enjoyable.

5/2/2012 - Rob MacKay wrote:

Easily the best bottle of Windy Oaks Pinot Noir that I've had and it's probably due to it having been sitting quietly in the Windy Oaks cellar for the past 10+ years. Color is just starting to get a little bricking on the edges with the nose reminding me of some of the finest red Burgundies that I've had with red berries, spice, floral and earth notes. The palate is near perfectly balanced with the oak completely integrated and adding some awesome complexity to the fruit. I hope that this incredible showing gives me the willpower to resist all of my young bottles until they are at least 10 years old.

10/19/2014 - lolo66 wrote:

tightly wound. mineral infused. steely. lemon rind. rhubarb. would like a touch more fruit, but still an elegant drink.

7/5/2014 - lolo66 wrote:

excellent. precise. lemon curd. almost no discernable oak. Salinity. Medium body, medium finish. pleasurable. gulpable.

6/23/2013 - alabunka wrote:

served with loin veal chop with a whole grain mustard scallion sauce; the veal was superb - the wine was rather tepid and unfocused; while a burgundy is still the recommended choice - a wine with more flavor and depth is required for this dish...