April 28, 2024 - Complex and elegant, juicy, full-bodied, well balanced. Very well made. In summary, an awesome wine!
March 9, 2024 - Deep ruby. Traditional style. Ripe plum,mushroom,spicy,gamy. Dried floral(rose). Very balanced. Long finish.
March 3, 2024 - Medium ruby in glass with slight garnet hues. Medium plus intensity on the nose. Blackberry, licorice, cigar box and minerality. Medium acidity and tannins that have been mostly resolved. Everything in balance with a smooth medium plus finish. Next bottle in 2 years.
February 20, 2024 - Stellar
February 3, 2024 - This is a great mid priced Rioja. Everything you want - balanced with leather, red fruit, and cocoa profile. some acidity as expected. will need to find some more
January 28, 2024 - Flot, flot vin, der har mange år foran sig endnu +8-10 år.
January 2, 2024 - nice acidity, ripe fruit, cedar, balanced.
December 29, 2023 - Well, this is way too young to be consumed. Still concentrated fruit, with primary flavors, plums and cherries. Then some wood that has still to be integrated (although somewhat gentle wood, this should be the more traditional of the reservas from Muga). Spices, tobacco, some basement notes, cedar. It has to be in the bottle for at least another 5 years, but I would give it another 8 years if possible.
December 1, 2023 - purplish with ruby rim and medium bodied in the glass. complex nose of sweet and sour cherries, black fruit, cedar, leather, and floral notes. the expressiveness of the nose does not yet fully flesh out in the mouth, but there are fresh fruit layers that open up with time against the polished and firm tannins and are accented by spice. the finish is a tad short at the moment.
more about finesse than power, it seems like this wine is just turning the corner into drinkability, with more bottle age definitely needed. long life and upside potential here.
14.5% AbV; ~70% Tempranillo from higher elevation and cooler Rioja sites/ 20% Garnacha/ 10% Graciano and Mazuelo; thirty-six months ageing in barrels of various sizes (10% new).
November 12, 2023 - Drank over 2 days. Purple, fully body with a long taste but too young. A well made wine but also not terribly exciting at this stage.