February 2, 2017 - Pleasant palate, at its peak with the fruit beginning to recede and acid becoming a little more prominent.
January 8, 2017 - My last bottle from a case I bought a few years ago. Best evaluation is drawn from the fact that I'm sad to see this go. Nose is shy but with deep dark fruit and spices plus plum and white pepper. Palate is gorgeous with medium tannins, silky texture, balanced acidity, and a medium [+] finish. There is a chocolatey-earthy effect on the palate that's beautiful. Think of beans, steak, and rustic roasted vegetables. Love...
August 14, 2016 - Tempranillo tobacco and acidity nicely melded with merlot etc., to provide a mature dinner table accompaniment
Well balanced, tannins now interwoven with red berries, smoke and dark mineral. Not much earthiness, just enough to add an interesting note of gran reserva style complexity
September 17, 2015 - Excellent wine.
July 1, 2015 - Complex, deep, and brooding wine with plum, leather, wet earth, black fruit, spice, and black tea. Very nice wine.
December 26, 2014 - Fabulously well integrated, much more refined than last bottle. Can't imagine much more improvement.
December 24, 2014 - Nicely balanced and elegant.
June 18, 2014 - Black cherry, smoke, baking spices, and a bit of dark earth. Long finish on this medium-everything fruit-driven wine makes it really pleasant.
May 17, 2014 - Popped and let breath one hour than drank over the next two. Had with NY steak, portobello mushroom, beets and salad. This needed the steak to really shows it's beauty. The nose was deep dark chocolate cherry. Palate had some alcohol but washed away over time with blackberry and vanilla. Very good with time left.
May 16, 2014 - An excellent fruit-driven wine.