KYSELA PERE ET FILS, LTD.

"Opaque. Spicy dark cherry with bright highlights. Smooth mouth feel and freshness. A versatile wine for pairing with food. - Don WINKLER"

- International Wine Review (Kysela Père et Fils Importer: 30 Years Importing High Quality, High Value Wines ; July 26th 2024), 91 pts

"Spiced cherries, plums and a touch of vanilla follow through to a medium-bodied palate with some chewy tannins. Creamy and fluid in the medium-long finish. Drink now. - Zekun SHUAI."

- James Suckling (August 29th 2024), 90 pts

"A soft and velvety red with berry and cherry character. Chocolate, too. Medium to full body, round tannins and a flavorful finish. Drink now."

- James Suckling (October 2021), 92 pts

"Medium ruby red. Fresh red and dark red cherry nose. Suave on entry with a lovely mix of earthy and dark red fruit flavors. A mouth filling wine with round tannins. Easy drinking and superb value. Hand harvested from 25+ year old vines, destemmed, and aged in French oak."

- i-winereview.com (July 2023), 91 pts

"Lots of toasted oak with coffee and chocolate to the ripe-plum character. It’s full-bodied and chewy with a polished undertone. Drink or hold."
- James Suckling (September 2020), 92 pts

"This dark-ruby-colored wine offers a nose of blackberry, clove and cherry pipe tobacco. Flavors of dark plum and black currant are accompanied by fine-grained tannins and notes of mocha and vanilla. There is a soft touch of espresso on the smooth finish. - MIKE DESIMONE"

- Wine Enthusiast (December 2022), 91 pts - BEST OF YEAR

"Deep ruby-red. Oak-spiced cherry and red currant on the incisive nose. Juicy and lithe on the palate, offering cherry-vanilla and red berry flavors that deepen slowly through the midpalate. Fine-grained tannins lend gentle grip to a persistent finish that features a repeating spice note and a touch of smokiness.- Josh Raynolds"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (April 2021), 90 pts

"Vivid ruby-red. Sexy, oak-tinged red berry and floral pastille scents pick up vanilla and licorice flourishes with aeration. Juicy and focused on the palate, offering sweet black raspberry and cherry flavors that unfold and spread out steadily on the back half. Shows impressive clarity and spicy persistence on the lively finish, which is given shape by smooth, even tannins.- Josh Raynolds"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (February 2019), 91 pts

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"Made from 100% Tempranillo, the 2016 Rioja Montebuena is a single vineyard release brought up in American oak. It has attractive darker berry fruits, vanilla bean, and spicy, incense notes as well as a medium-bodied, nicely balanced, charming style on the palate. It’s a terrific value and would be ideal as a house red to enjoy over the coming couple of years."
- Jeb Dunnuck (March 27th 2019), 89 pts

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"The young and juicy 2016 Cuvée KPF from Rioja Alavesa is a custom cuvée from Bodegas y Viñedos Labastida for the American importer Kysela. It has a fruit-driven profile, with plenty of cherries and a spicy touch. The palate is round and soft, medium-bodied, with pungent, clean flavors. - Luis Gutiérrez"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #235, February 2018), 88 pts

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"(aged for three months in used American oak barrels)
Vivid ruby. Bright, sharply focused aromas of fresh red fruits and flowers, along with a spicy overtone and a hint of vanilla. Lithe and appealingly sweet on the palate, offring vibrant, oak-spiced raspberry and cherry flavors and a subtle rose pastille nuance. Finishes supple and long, displaying silky, slow-building tannins and resonating spiciness. - Josh Raynolds"
- Vinous (January 2017), 90 pts

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"Rioja is the king of Spain and Tempranillo is the king of Rioja. The 100% Tempranillo Montebuena Cuvee KPF has a fine reputation for crafting a wine that offers ripe red fruit with a fine mineral undertone in an elegant, approachable style. This will be a great choice for stuffed pork tenderloin with grilled root vegetables."
- Vintages Magazine, LCBO (November 2016) - "Uncork something great"

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"(aged for three months in used American oak barrels) Ruby-red. Ripe cherry, licorice and dark berry aromas are lifted by a subtle note of white pepper. Smooth, fleshy and warm, offring supple bitter cherry and blackberry flavors that pick up a peppery nuance with air. Closes smooth, round and gently spicy, leaving a candied dark berry note behind.- Josh Raynolds"
- Vinous (January 2017), 89 pts

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"A sensational value from Spain, this 100% Tempranillo from Rioja Alavesa has a deep ruby color and a fragrant nose of new saddle leather, unsmoked cigar tobacco, and red and black cherries, followed by a seductive, lovely mouthfeel with no hard edges. It is medium-bodied, pure and best drunk over the next several years."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (March 2016), 87 pts - Excellent Wine Values for Under $25

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja

"Dark ruby. Ripe cherry, red berries and smoky minerals on the nose. Spicy, firm and tightly wound, with very good lift to the flavors of redcurrant, bitter cherry and licorice. A gripping, lithe midweight, with appealing sweetness and bracing minerality on the long, incisive finish. In an elegant style, with zero excess fat. - JR"
- Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (September 2013), 90 pts

Go To Montebuena Cuvee KPF Rioja