94 points, The Tasting Panel
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93 points, Tim Atkin MW
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About the Wine
Critic Reviews
94 points, The Tasting Panel
93 points, Tim Atkin MW
93 points, Tim Atkin MW
“Spending about a year in French oak, this mature, serious red is aged for at least four years before release. Toasty oak is beautifully integrated with bittersweet dark chocolate, ripe plum, and espresso. Firm tannins are tempered with cherry, pomegranate, and rhubarb before savory notes of soy sauce and heather arrive on the finish.”
93 points, Tim Atkin MW
“A step up on the Excellens Reserva in the current range, this is a blend of Tempranillo with 15% Garnacha and Graciano, sourced from old-vine parcels in Cenicero, Elciego and Laguardia. Showing a herbal note that is typical of the cooler 2014 vintage, it’s spicy, elegant and subtle, with some mocha oak and balsamic complexity. 2022-28”
93 points, Tim Atkin MW
“A step up on the Excellens Reserva in the current range, this is a blend of Tempranillo with 15% Garnacha and Graciano, sourced from old-vine parcels in Cenicero, Elciego and Laguardia. Showing a herbal note that is typical of the cooler 2014 vintage, it’s spicy, elegant and subtle, with some mocha oak and balsamic complexity. 2021-26”
About The Winery
In 1970, Enrique Forner founded Marqués de Cáceres Unión Vitivinícola S.A., a historic alliance of growers in the village of Cenicero in the Rioja Alta subregion of Rioja. The enterprising Forner family has been devoted to the wine trade for five generations. Their search for the best vine growers and vineyards in Rioja and the introduction of a Bordeaux concept revolutionized the production and business model of the region. They work with one single objective: producing the highest quality wines. Today this obsession continues to be the leitmotif of Cristina Forner, the fifth generation of this distinguished wine family.
