Jesús Barquín | Deep, almost opaque cherry. Dairy, coffee, and coconut notes on the nose, over a vegetal background that gains dominance on the palate (green pepper). | 85

Andrew Jefford | Deep, dark black-red. Piles of sweet black fruit in here: cherry and plum. Some spicy purity beneath. Deep, serious, finely crafted wine in the mouth: classic Bierzo liveliness and thrust; firm, shaping tannins; plenty of length and depth; and a kind of stony sobriety of flavor that terroir-lovers will recognize and relish. A great success. | 92

Richard Mayson | Deep opaque color; demure on the nose, jammy and rather lacking in definition; firm but similarly rather lacking focus on the palate, some breadth and depth but lacking in verve and vitality. | 78