Marqués de Cáceres Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2011

Andrew Lohse

Just totally classic. Gorgeous.

Riccardo L.

Solid wine. Exceptionally smooth and round. In its prime.

Sipping Fine Wine

A blend of 85% Tempranillo and 8% Garnacha and 7% Graciano, with aging in French oak. Deep Ruby with red and black fruit aromas and earthy spice. The palate shows cherry and blackberry flavors with smoke, cacao and spice. Vivid acidity, firm ripe tannins, integrated lending to a medium+ finish ending with some earthy notes. Just starting to deliver, a few more years will benefit. Great value for a Gran Reserva.

Dr. Owen Bargreen

The 2011 ‘Gran Reserva’ Rioja by Marques de Caceres is up there with the best Gran Reservas I have sampled from this storied winery. This beautiful wine was sourced from 35-50 year old vineyards with some sections in the Rioja Alta region being 65-85 years old. The grapes for this wine were cropped at a mere 2.4 tons/acre, as the wine is largely sourced from higher elevation sites that are set on limestone and clay. The wine was then aged for 24 months in French oak and then aged for four years in the bottle prior to bottling as the final blending is largely Tempranillo (85%) with smaller parts Graciano and Garnacha. Needing more than an hour in the decanter to fully unwind, the wine slowly unveils black tea and black cherry cordial aromas that mingle with shades of sagebrush and leather, with citrus rind undertones that are all marvelously brought together in the glass. The palate is deep and seductive, showing a wonderful texture and tension that runs through the wine. Exotic spices and chocolate shavings mingle with suggestions of hoisin sauce, peat moss, wild blackberry cobbler and cran-orange flavors. Complex and highly gratifying at the eight year mark, this exotic ‘Gran Reserva’ will cellar well for decades — but is very hard to resist in its youth. Drink 2019-2040- 94

Simon Gilligan

Travelling Spain, Marqués de Cáceres - crianza edition - is everywhere. Kept an eye out for a Reserva without luck, however picked up this Gran Reserva at Bilbao airport. 21€. 85% Tempranillo and a 15% mix of Graciano and Garnacha Tinta, dark dark fruits, rich cherry, dense, oaky with fruit cake spice. Nicely tannic. Big wine with plenty of length. Reminds me a of a Parker-esque Barossan. Wanted to like this more, but just a bit too rich and heavy-handed for me. Scrapes in for 91.

Peter Isacksen

For $11 this is a very good every day wine. Smooth and rich plus ready to drink now! Don't mind if I do...

Chris Vine

Blows your socks off, rich and warm. Reminds me of sunnier times on my travels in Spain. A safe rioja with a little extra and reasonable between 13-17 dollar range.

Stac V

Smooth, dry, black cherry. Raisins? Nice for under $15

Christian Fischer

Very nice and very typical. Probably my new favorite value wine at Capital Grille

Anthony Pro

Considering it’s a 9 year old wine, it SHOULD be good. It is. But I expected more from it. A bit of complexity but not much else.