Alma de Tobía Vino de Autor Tinto 2005;

Decanter, januari 2010,
**** Highly Recommended
Sweet lift. Velvet texture, lots of oak balanced by fruit and fresh acidity. Extracted, but huge concentration. Very modern style - a blockbuster type, if you like that. From 2012. – J.A.

Alma de Tobía Vino de Autor Tinto 2004;

Penin Guide 2009,
85/100
Colour: cherry, garnet rim. Nose: spicy, toasty caramel, ripe fruit. Palate: flavourful, ripe fruit, good finish.

Alma de Tobía Vino de Autor Tinto 2002;

Wine Spectator, October 31 2007
91/100
An alluring mix of delicacy and intensity. Oakey notes of smoke and coffee mingle with subtle black cherry, plum, mineral and floral notes, framed by firm, well-integrated tannins. Drink now through 2014. 4,000 cases made. –TM

The Wine Advocate, issue 158
89/100
The top cuvee is the 2002 Alma de Tobia. Its dense ruby/purple color is followed by a big, sweet nose of scorched earth, road tar, dried herbs, black cherries, and currants. Silky-textured and lush, with well integrated toasty oak, it should be drunk over the next 2-3 years.

Vinum Spanje, 2005
17/20
Adoramos la pulcritud y esplendor varietal de este vino con alma propia. Es poseedor de uno de los pasos de boca más finos, elegantes y bien formados que encontramos en Rioja, en todos los aspectos, y copiosa frutosidad. 2005 a 2015.

Peñin Guide to Spanish wine 2006
88/100 (a very good wine)
Intense cherry with a saffron edge. Intense, ripe aroma with predominant reduction notes (leather, wet horsehair) and a toasty oak hint. Flavourful palate, with slightly biting tannins, a ripe fruit hint; slightly oily with spicy hints of oak.

Decanter, October 2006, Really Fabulous Rioja
****
‘Wonderful rich, aromatic fruit, dark, subtle and delicious. Showing impressive maturity but still with working tannins and bags of fruit.’

Alma de Tobía Vino de Autor Tinto 2001;

Wine International, March 2004, Best of Rioja (80 top reds)
95/100 Gold
Alma de Tobia was een van twee wijnen met de hoogste score van 95!
”Black purple in color with high oak and ripe fruit on the nose. The palate is rich, dense and tannic. This is very good but needs years. The length is huge”
.- Charles Metcalve
” Rich concentrated and ripe with chocolate, deep berry and cherry fruit. This is balanced, long, sweet, well made, complex stuff.”
- Robert Joseph

Guía Peñín
85+/100
Cereza intenso, borde azafranado. Aroma intenso, maduro, con predominio de las notas de reducción (cuero, crin húmeda), fondo tostado del roble. Boca sabroso, tanino algo mordiente, fondo de fruta madura, algo graso, toques especiados del roble.

Proefschrift mei/juni 2005
8/10
”Intense kersenkleur. Fruitig, zwarte bessen, net rijp, florale toets van wilde rozen, iets aards. Sappige aanzet, frisse zuren, stevige tannines, maar tegelijkertijd slank, fijn middenpallet. Vineuze retro, stevige alcohol, gedistingeerd in finale, boeiend glas.”

Peñin guide to Spanish wine 2006
86/100 (a very good wine)
Deep garnet. Toasty, concentrated nose with a finely reductive quality, some sun drenched skins and mineral hints. Round, melted tannins, some fresh varietal fruit and a spicy aftertaste.

Alma de Tobía Vino de Autor Tinto 2000;

Guía Proensa
86/100
85% tempranillo, 15% mazuelo Un año en barrica nueva de roble francés.
Con peso y con volumen. Aroma de fruta muy madura y tinta con notas especiadas (canela) y minerales (brea). Potente en la boca, con cuerpo y firmes taninos (falta algo de doma), carnoso y muy amplio.

Perswijn, november 2006
16/20
‘Krachtig hout en fruit, kersen en vanille, flink gebrand en getoast, peperig, breed.’