Vino Joe

9.4

Needed a good 90 minutes to 2 hours to open up. Once it did it was very smooth and deep. First time with the Special. — 2 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2018 vintage. Decanted and tasted after 15 minutes and 2 hours. Medium-heavy body. Polished, pretty and present. No particular component/part of the experience catapulted this into whoa territory today. 2.13.26. — 2 months ago

Luis Armesilla

9.0

Con Delichius e Iñigo el primer día que bebió después de Lena — 4 months ago

Stanley Dowell

9.0

Easy porch crusher at a great price point — 4 months ago

with Hannah and Diana

A. R.

9.1

Still way too young. Amazing upside, highly extracted. I generally dislike this big style, but man is this well made. Dark fruit and pepper in the nose, lots of unresolved tannins, minerals and dark fruit in the mouth. Long finish. — a month ago

John Van Trijp

10

Weekend with Friends and average wines…😎 blend 1970, 1976, 1982 — 3 months ago

Ericsson

9.5

Mariano’s Garcias crown jewel, he was the front man at Vega Sicilia for three decades. He then founded Aalto with the vision of creating the highest quality RdD which you didn’t have to wait fifteen years to enjoy. Many think he’s done it! I pretty much agree. — 3 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Ypo magnjm — a month ago

Jon Ebsworth

9.4

Mature brooding excellence. Enjoyed by the riverbank last May on the River Test. — 2 months ago

Ericsson

9.7

Mariano García’s final vintage at Vega Sicilia. What a great bottle.

The nose opens with damp forest floor, leather, cedar, and quiet red fruit; subtle, reserved, endlessly composed.

On the palate, it’s silk laid gently over structure: dried cherry, tobacco, graphite, and savory earth carried by fine-grain tannins and measured acidity.

The finish reads like the final lines of a great novel: inevitable, complete, and exactly as it should be. And already, there’s a touch of nostalgia, because I don’t know when I’ll encounter something like this again. — 3 months ago