93 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

A rich and dark-fruited wine with complex aromas of brooding black cherries, resinous herbs and mint. The palate is juicy, with broad tannins and flavors of cherries, sage and black tea. Medium- to full-bodied. Drink or hold.

95 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

This is an unusual entry-level wine. The cool side of the peach notes makes itself very clearly felt, pulling you into a web of intense, slatey minerality. Very stony finish, although the acidity is moderate. Excellent aging potential. From vines up to 70 years old. Vegan. Drink or hold.

92 Wine Spectator

Aromas of lime preserves and dried apple rest on a foundation of sorghum and chrysanthemum in this solidly built Riesling. The palate is dense yet graceful as this elegantly coasts through the long finish, which deftly interlaces its savory and stone notes with bright fruit. Drink now through 2038. 60 cases imported.

95 Tim Atkin, MW

Made in the style of generations past, this is skin-contact Alvarinho with a distinctive character. Slightly deeper in colour than the other whites in the range, it shows more obvious oak influence and a gently oxidative, grainy profile. Quince, marmalade and beeswax are supported by a wonderfully textured palate, vibrant acidity and a lingering saline, savoury finish. A delicious and highly individual wine that marries tradition with modern precision. Drink 2026 - 2031

94 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2023 Curtimenta is a skin-contact Alvarinho. There was an evolution of the wines from 2001 to 2009, when he reduced the time in contact with the skins (of the destemmed grapes) to find the balance, which, in this case, was 25 hours at slightly higher temperatures. The fermentation started spontaneously, and the juice finished fermenting with the full lees in 400-liter barrels, where the wine matured. It's a little more phenolic, more aromatic, round and with very fine tannin and has a dry and chalky finish. 4,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024.

93 Anne Krebiehl MW - Vinous Media

The 2024 Riesling Dhroner Hofberg Kabinett is a little closed on the nose, with mere glimpses of lemon and stone. The palate is citrus central. It is juicy, vivid, stony and salty, but brimming with Amalfi lemon-tinged juiciness. What lightness, what joy, what bravura! (Off-dry)

91 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2022 Grey GCM Rosé was produced with 70% Garnacha, 15% Cariñena and 15% Mataró or Monastrell from their La Roblería Vineyard in Apalta. It's fresh and light at 12.5% alcohol with an extremely low pH (3.06) and good acidity. It's austere, clean and fresh, balanced and bone dry. It fermented together (the bunches pressed together) and matured in untoasted oval 2,500-liter French oak foudres for six months. A rosé for food. 6,600 bottles produced.

94 Luis Gutierrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

No 2018 was produced, so after the 2017 I tasted last year, we jumped to the 2019 Viña Ardanza Reserva, produced with a blend of 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha. It fermented destemmed in stainless steel and aged in American oak barrels, 36 months for the Tempranillo and 30 months for Garnacha, and was blended before bottling. 2019 is a very good year for them, a small crop of powerful and concentrated wines when they produced all their brands, an exception. This is spicy, structured, balanced and powerful in this warm year, reaching the customary 14.5% alcohol and keeping a pH of 3.54 and 5.5 grams of acidity. It's still very young and undeveloped, with the classical profile, generous in American oak aromas and flavors that should slowly integrate in the wine with years in bottle. For them, 2019 means a change in Ardanza, less spicy (but still quite spicy, with clove, vanilla and tobacco leaves) and with more fresh fruit from the Garnacha. But the year is a modern version of 2015. 500,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2023. No 2023 or 2024 will be produced either.

95 Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The dense blue/purple-colored 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate possesses a complex bouquet of black cherry and black currant liqueur, forest floor, baking spice and subtle background oak. This rich, complex, full-bodied 2009 is just beginning to open and show tertiary nuances. It should continue to age well for 20-25 years.

95 Robert Parker - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The dense blue/purple-colored 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate possesses a complex bouquet of black cherry and black currant liqueur, forest floor, baking spice and subtle background oak. This rich, complex, full-bodied 2009 is just beginning to open and show tertiary nuances. It should continue to age well for 20-25 years.

94 James Suckling - Jamessuckling.com

An excellent white Chateauneuf that displays the strengths of the vintage. Intense preserved lemon and lime aromas are married to a compact structure on the full-bodied but focused palate. Some sage and thyme, too. Impressive drive and energy in the racy finish. A cuvee of 60% clairette, 20% grenache blanc, 10% roussanne and 10% bourboulenc. Drink now.