"The 2013 Reserva is a blend of Tempranillo with 5% Graciano, matured in used oak barrels for 18 months—12 months in French barriques and the following six in American ones. There are notes of smoked meat and some balsamic aromas, cigar ash and incense. It's very approachable and polished with contained ripeness. 250,000 bottles produced. - Luis Gutierrez"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #235, February 2018), 89 pts
"(aged for 18 months in 70% French and 30% American oak barrels, all new) Limpid ruby. Expressive red and dark berry preserve aromas, along with suggestions of vanilla, cola and roasted coffee. Round, sweet and open-knit, offering juicy raspberry and cherry-vanilla flavors that firm up steadily on the back half. Dusty tannins add grip to a long, focused finish that leaves bitter cherry and dark chocolate notes behind. - Josh Raynolds"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (February 2019), 91 pts
"Vanilla and oaky coconut aromas soften lean berry scents in front of a flush palate with bright acidity and firm tannins. Plum, blackberry and oak flavors are integrated, while a long finish is dry in texture; drink through 2025. - MICHAEL SCHACHNER"
- Wine Enthusiast (December 2020), 91 pts
"Also terrific, the 2013 Rioja Reserva offers a deeper, slightly more powerful style as well as classic notes of ripe red and black fruits, cedarwood, vanilla, and spice. Full-bodied, concentrated, and beautifully balanced, it’s another smoking good wine from this estate that’s going to evolve gracefully for over a decade. This cuvée is 95% Tempranillo and 5% Graciano, all aged 18 months in 70% French oak and 30% American oak."
- Jeb Dunnuck (March 2019), 92 pts
"2013 was the year in which Juan Luis Cañas and his team started to use a little less oak on his wines, to good effect in my view. This assemblage of Tempranillo with 5% Graciano is still a modern style, with 20% new wood, but it's spicy, refreshing and nuanced with some grip on the finish. 2019-23"
- - TIM ATKIN RIOJA 2019 SPECIAL REPORT, February 2019, 92 pts
- TIM ATKIN RIOJA 2020 SPECIAL REPORT, February 2020, 90 pts
- Tim Atkin (Special Rioja Report 2021), 91 pts
