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"Lastly, the 2017 Rioja Gran Reserva checks in as 95% Tempranillo and 5% Graciano aged 24 months in French and American oak. It's another deeply hued red from this producer that has a complex, impeccably made style. Cedary red and black fruits, smoky tobacco, vanilla bean, and charcoal notes giveway to a rich, powerful Rioja that has ample structure, medium to full body, building tannins, and a great finish. This smoky, complex, satisfying effort will evolve for another 10-15 years."

- Jeb Dunnuck (Importer Highlight: Fran Kysela ; July 2024), 94 pts

"Almost opaque dark ruby. Penetrating, perfumed bouquet of spicy dark fruit. Concentrated flavors, focused and modern in style on the palate. Finishes with dry tannins. A blend of 95% Tempranillo and 5% Graciano from various old vine (50+ years on average) parcels in Villabuena. Matured 24 months in 50/50 French and American oak. 14.5% alc. - Don WINKLER"

- International Wine Review (Kysela Père et Fils Importer: 30 Years Importing High Quality, High Value Wines ; July 26th 2024), 94 pts

 " A tight, full-bodied Rioja with some vanilla spices, walnuts and hazelnuts to the black plums and cherries. Juicy and a bit chewy on the palate with very firm tannins that are tightly tucked into the long, creamy finish. 95% tempranillo and 5% graciano. Quite young now. Better in two years."

- James Suckling (May 2023), 92 pts

"The 2016 Gran Reserva was produced with Tempranillo and 5% Graciano that matured in 70% French and 30% American oak barrels for 24 months. The wine is balsamic and spicy, with smoky oak notes and plenty of tannins n the palate, in need of powerful food. It's a bit too dry on the palate, with a faint astringency on the finish. 37,843 bottles produced. Will the oak get integrated before it fades? - Luis Gutiérrez"

- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (July 2022), 91 pts

"Bright ruby-red. Expressive, smoke-accented cherry and blueberry aromas are complicated by floral, vanilla and exotic spice nuances. Sappy, sweet and broad in the mouth, offering lush red and dark berry, licorice and floral pastille flavors that become spicier and livelier as the wine opens up. Shows fine clarity on the long, oak-spiced finish, which is framed by smooth, even tannins - Josh Raynolds"

- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (April 2021), 93 pts

"A smooth and steady nose on this wine offers round aromas of vanilla, cassis, blackberry and sandalwood. A friendly palate is full and easygoing, with a helping shot of acidity. Dark plum, blackberry and oak-spice flavors finish dry but not drying. Drink now–2025. - MICHAEL SCHACHNER

- Wine Enthusiast (September 2021), 91 pts

"One of the standouts in this report is the 2011 Rioja Gran Reserva, which is primarily Tempranillo blended with 5% Graciano. Aged two years in French and American oak followed by three years in bottle, it has a thrilling bouquet of spiced cherries, cedarwood, licorice, and graphite. Medium to full-bodied, incredibly elegant and seamless, it still has ample fruit and a big mid-palate, all pointing to it evolving gracefully for 15-20 years. Count me in as a fan."
- Jeb Dunnuck (March 2019), 95 pts

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"(70% new French oak and 30% used American oak) Deep ruby. Dark berries, candied licorice, cola and a spicy suggestion of black pepper on the highly fragrant, oak-spiced nose. Supple and appealingly sweet, offering intense boysenberry and blackberry flavors that are complicated by suggestions of vanilla and floral pastilles. Gently blends power and finesse and finishes very long and smooth, displaying alluring sweetness and subtle, slow-building tannins. - Josh Raynolds"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (February 2019), 93 pts

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"This is still a comparatively youthful Gran Reserva blend of Tempranillo with 10% Graciano, aged for 24 months in a combination of French and American wood. The fruit quality is excellent here, all black cherry and bramble, with good acidity and palate length a patina of oak spice. 2020-27"
- - TIM ATKIN RIOJA 2019 SPECIAL REPORT, February 2019, 92 pts

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"Cropped from a ripe vintage, the 2011 Gran Reserva is mostly Tempranillo with 5% Graciano, aged in new French barriques for 12 months followed by a further year in used American oak barrels. It's chewy and juicy, with fruit from a ripe vintage that takes well the long aging in barrel. It's balsamic and spicy, an updated version of a classical Rioja, clean and pleasant. 39,200 bottles produced. - Luis Gutiérrez"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #235, February 2018), 90 pts

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 "Dark plum cake and earthy aromas. A full body, moderately dry tannins and quite fresh acidity make this a Rioja classic. Drink now."

- James Suckling (Span Tasting Report 2017), 92 pts

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