"This wine’s bright red fruit, glowing with freshness, slowly expands as it fills the mouth with intensity. The firm texture will support braised beef, though the wine needs a few years in the cellar to develop past the simple pleasures of its fruit."
- Wine & Spirits Magazine (June 2015), 91 pts
"The 2010 Reserva, Tempranillo (97%), Cabernet Sauvignon (2%) and Merlot (1%), aged for one year in barrel. It is a sleek wine displaying a combination of fruit, flowers, spices and hints of bouquet starting to develop in bottle, with earthy tones and mineral sensations. The palate is smooth and clean, with polished, fine-grained tannins and good balance. I don-t usually see a big difference in quality between Crianza and Reserva. Drink now-2019. - Luis Gutierrez"
- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (Issue #214, August 2014), 92 pts
"(90% tempranillo and 10% cabernet sauvignon; aged for 12 months in new French oak): Opaque ruby. High-pitched aromas of redcurrant, cherry, tobacco and smoky minerals, with a sexy vanillin oak quality emerging with aeration. Juicy and precise, with bitter cherry and rose pastille flavors given spine by tangy acidity. Supple tannins come up slowly on the finish, which leaves spicecake and candied red fruit notes behind. I particularly like the interplay of oak and fruit here."
- Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (September/October 2014), 93 pts
- Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate (Issue #227, December 2016), 92 pts
"Like it's bigger sibling El Anejón, this Reserva from a warm vintage is almost one-quarter Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in addition to Tinto Fino (Tempranillo). The opening of burnt earth, brandied cherry, rubber and herbal aromas is distinct. This feels a bit tough and chewy, with boysenberry, cassis, vanilla-cream and herbal spice flavors. A fairly smooth finish is young and vital. This should improve with aging. Best from 2019–2026."
- Wine Enthusiast (July 2017), 93 pts - CELLAR SELECTION
"Lurid ruby. Expansive red berry, incense and vanilla scents carry a spicy edge of white pepper. Juicy, broad and seamless in texture, offering sweet black raspberry, cherry-vanilla and floral pastille flavors that tighten up steadily on the back half. Shows excellent depth of flavor as well as finesse, and finishes extremely long and supple, with velvety tannins shaping lingering red and dark berry notes. - Josh Raynolds"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (May 2017), 93 pts
"Plenty of creamy baking spice aromas, with coal smoke, dried plums and cherries manifesting in a really brooding nose. The palate has impressive focus and just the right amount of generous flesh. Will age well, ready now."
- James Suckling (July 2017), 92 pts
