Marqués de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2009
Available at 10 stores
Ratings on Delectable
Sipping Fine Wine 
Blend of Tempranillo with 19% Mazuelo (Cariñena), unusually high, each aged separately for 26 months (Temp-American / Mazuelo-French), pronounced bouquet of berry fruits with complex spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cherry and plum flavors, well balanced, with pepper, cinnamon and slight tobacco. Long finish, tight tannins ending with fruit and an earthy mineral character. Outstanding, will age for years and will improve in the bottle!
Blend of Tempranillo with 19% Mazuelo (Cariñena), unusually high, each aged separately for 26 months (Temp-American / Mazuelo-French), pronounced bouquet of berry fruits with complex spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, cherry and plum flavors, well balanced, with pepper, cinnamon and slight tobacco. Long finish, tight tannins ending with fruit and an earthy mineral character. Outstanding, will age for years and will improve in the bottle!
9.7
Adam Kincaid
Here we find a middleweight champion struggling to cling to its belt amid a sea of upstarts and revitalized contenders. Not certain if the future is bright for the Gran Reserva Especial, as it lacks the punch we’ve come to expect.
Here we find a middleweight champion struggling to cling to its belt amid a sea of upstarts and revitalized contenders. Not certain if the future is bright for the Gran Reserva Especial, as it lacks the punch we’ve come to expect.
9.1
Andrew Lohse
Drop dead gorgeous / a balance of dried and juicy red fruit with pronounced dill and blonde tobacco / nicely integrated oak, elegant structure
Drop dead gorgeous / a balance of dried and juicy red fruit with pronounced dill and blonde tobacco / nicely integrated oak, elegant structure
9.3
Gregory Fulchiero
A baby
A baby
9.2
