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"The 2020 Toro Reserva Selección Especial is 100% Tempranillo and has a deep purple hue to go with attractive aromatics of spicy red and black fruits, chocolate, leafy herbs, and Asian spice. These carry to a sweetly fruited, medium to full-bodied, charming, fruit-forward Toro with good balance, ripe tannins, and plenty of length on the finish. It should drink nicely through 2030, if not a touch beyond.rs."

- Jeb Dunnuck (Importer Highlight: Fran Kysela ; July 2024), 89 pts

"Smoky nose of grilled herbs, black fruit, tobacco, walnuts and dried spices. It’s full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins. Dark and structured, though a little warm. Drink from 2022."

- James Suckling (September 2021), 90 pts

"Saturated ruby. Spice-accented aromas of black and blue fruits, violet and
cola, with a subtle vanilla nuance building in the glass. Appealingly sweet
and lively on the palate, offering juicy blueberry and cherry flavors that
spread out on the back half. Gentle tannins shape the persistent, smoketinged finish, which echoes the cherry and spice notes.- Josh Raynolds"

- Antionio Galloni's Vinous (February 2021), 91 pts

"A slightly old-style Toro with lots of ripe fruit and loads of new wood. Chocolate and black-fruit jam. It’s full and dense with layers of polished, medium-chewy tannins and a flavorful finish. Drink or hold."
- James Suckling (October 2020), 90 pts

"Deep, glistening ruby. Highly expressive, smoke-tinged cherry, dark berry, coconut and vanilla aromas expand and turn spicier with aeration. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering intense black raspberry and cherry compote flavors complemented by oak spice and floral pastille nuances. In a plush, fruit-driven style, showing no rough edges. Velvety tannins add shape to the powerful finish. All American oak. - Josh Raynolds"

- Antionio Galloni's Vinous (February 2021), 93 pts

"The 2013 Finca Sobreño Reserva Selección Especial is a serious and balanced Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) from a cool year that produced a fresh wine with fine tannins. The oak is nicely integrated, and it has a compact palate with clean, focused flavors. A very good harmonious reserva. 90,000 bottles produced. - Luis Guttiérez"

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue#238, August 31st 2018), 90 pts

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"A brilliant wine made from 100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo), the 2012 Reserva Toro reveals a deep purple color to go with plenty of aromatic fireworks in its ripe plums, blackberries, graphite, and dried earth characteristics. Medium to full-bodied, ripe, and voluptuous on the palate, it stays balanced, pure, and has a great finish. Aged 14 months in new and once-used French and American oak, followed by two years in bottle, it’s a terrific Toro to enjoy over the coming 10-15 years."

- Jeb Dunnuck (March 2019), 92 pts

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- San Francisco International Wine Competition (July 2016)

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"Deep ruby. Highly perfumed aromas of ripe red and dark berries, candied flowers and allspice, plus a subtle vanilla nuance. Juicy and focused on the palate, offering sappy raspberry, bitter cherry and spicecake flavors that pick up a smoky nuance on the back half. At once rich and lively, finishing with excellent clarity and gentle framing tannins. - Josh Raynolds"

- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (May 2017), 92 pts

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"Aromas of beef jerky, oak and black fruits are integrated and attractive. This feels both plush and tannic, while ripe blackberry, cassis, toast, chocolate and spice flavors end long and with good depth and complexity. Drink this ripe but balanced Toro through 2027."

- Wine Enthusiast (September 1st 2016), 91 pts

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"Glass-staining ruby. Sexy aromas of dark berries and spicy oak. Sweet, penetrating boysenberry and blueberry flavors are complemented by notes of cola and vanilla. Tangy and precise for its size, this Toro finishes with excellent persistence and lingering smokiness. - JR"

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (September 2013), 91 pts

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"Cherry, roasted plum, clove and tobacco flavors mingle in this sturdy red. Features thick tannins and balsamic acidity, with a savory core of loamy earth. Solid and deep, this is a bit rustic but still fresh. Drink now through 2020. 8,500 cases made. –TM"

- Wine Spectator (April 30th 2016), 90 pts

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"The 2009 Finca Sobreno Reserva - Seleccion Especiale is a blend of the estate’s best vineyard (over 50 years in age) and sees half the fruit aged in 14 months in new American oak, the remainder in used oak. It has a lifted floral bouquet of dark berries, briary and dried violets that is well-defined and seductive. The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent entry of dark cherries, balsamic, a hint of orange peel and cloves. There is good structure and focus present here, with a clean fresh, focused finish. It is very fine and very elegant for a Toro red. Drink now-2019+"

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue#206, April 2013), 93 pts

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"(sourced from old vines and aged in American oak for 14 months): Opaque purple. Deeply pitched aromas of blackberry, violet, smoky oak and mocha. Then sweet, broad and lush on the palate, with explosive dark berry flavors complicated by vanilla, mocha and a floral nuance. Finishes with big, broad, supple tannins and superb length. This exotic, large-scaled wine shows surprising energy and focus for its heft. - JR"

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (September 2013), 92 pts

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