Wines

90 Points! Attractive nose of plums, fresh blueberries, thyme and orange zest. Fruity and crunchy with a medium to full body, easy tannins and fresh finish. Drink now. - JamesSuckling.com

90 Points! The village red 2019 El Reflejo was produced with Bobal grapes from 15 separate plots in the process of being certified organic in Casas de Benítez and Pozoamargo close to the Júcar River, all within five kilometers of each other on limestone soils. In 2019, they harvested earlier, looking for more freshness, and with slightly higher yields guided from the pruning. They used 50% full clusters in the fermentation in 3,300-liter stainless steel vats that was quite soft, with a total time of 21 days. The wine matured in a combination of tinajas, concrete vats and 225- and 500-liter oak barrels for a total of 14 months. It's floral and perfumed, quite showy, open an expressive with a medium-bodied palate, focused flavors and fine tannins. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com

90 Points! Blueberries, dark chocolate, blackberries, bark and tobacco leaves on the nose. Dark and inky with a full body, fine tannins and savory finish. Drink now. - JamesSuckling.com

From 100+ Year-Old Vines!

96 Points! On the nose, this reminds me of lemon curd, but it’s fresher than any lemon curd I have encountered. Then the beauty unfurls on the sensationally elegant, finely etched palate. What a breathtakingly long, fresh-herb finish this has, and how that drags you back to the beginning to undertake this wonderful journey again. From biodynamically grown grapes with Respekt certification. Drink or hold. Screw cap. - JamesSuckling.com

Joseph and Philipp Brundlmayer are passionate not only about winemaking but also their family history, one that is intimately connected with spectacular vineyard sites that they work entirely by hand. In the 1980s Joseph turned a passion for winemaking into a full time profession, taking the grapes that were normally sent to co-op and teaching himself how to make wine, but even more importantly adding vineyard sites. Not just any vineyard sites, the ones no one wanted to work since they were too hard, too high, too terraced. In short, many of the best sites of the Kremstal. It was when his son Philipp joined him in winemaking in 2015 that things really took off, innovations in winemaking, labeling and attention to low intervention vineyard management. Everything is done by hand, cover crops are used to their fullest and no attention to detail is spared in the health of their 100 different vineyard plots or in the meticulous cellar.

95+ Points! The 2021 Concreto Malbec has to be one of the finest vintages of this wine despite its youth and still shy personality. But there are tons of flowers, wild herbs and berries there waiting to emerge in an insinuating way, with austerity but unfurling layers and layers as the wine sits in the glass. It's incredibly fine-boned with chalky tannins that scream limestone, full of precision and purity. For Sebastián Zuccardi, they didn't do anything different, it's just the character of the year. This is the wine that explains their philosophy without breaking your piggy bank. It is delicious, serious, approachable and with aging potential. What else do you want? I have sometimes confused this wine blind with one of their top bottlings. This is one of the best values around. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com

95 Points! Such a brooding nose with black pepper, violet and fresh blueberry and blackberry fruit. Spicy and tight on the palate, but super polished, racy and refined. Medium-to full-bodied red with beautiful tannin tension and expressive, floral notes in the finish. Exemplary and authentic! So delicious now. Why wait? - JamesSuckling.com

95 Points! The 2021 Malbec Concreto from Paraje Altamira, Uco Valley was aged in concrete. Purple in the glass. It has a crisp, expressive nose of fresh plum, sour cherry and hints of blackberry, herbs, violets and lavender. Free-flowing but relaxed in the mouth, the palate leaves behind a mixture of chalk and juicy freshness before the sustained, pure fruit finish. The year suited this style perfectly. - Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous Media

92 Points! The varietal Serie A range includes wines from the "Argentinean" varieties, and the star of this range is, of course, the 2022 Serie A Malbec. Here they search for typicity from Valle de Uco, with freshness and flowers, red rather than black fruit, nice tannic structure and purity; they are not looking for complexity or limestone but varietal character, at which this excels. This has juiciness and structure and is fine-boned. It is very different from the Bonarda in this range. - Luis Gutierrez, robertparker.com

97 Points! A complex nose of raspberries, redcurrants, blueberries, spices and dried herbs. It’s medium-bodied with elegant tannins. Round, juicy and layered on the palate, offering great harmony and balance. Fresh, yet complex with a savory finish. Old-vine character. The vines are more than a century old. Drink or hold. - JamesSuckling.com

The oldest Malbec vines in Chile, planted 1890!

Les Polissons is produced from 30-year-old vines, this is a generous and open wine that is made to be drunk young. It has broad berry fruits, supple tannins, and refreshing acidity.

92 Points! This maturing, medium-bodied red offers appealing earthiness and really restrained black berries. Remarkably good tannin structure for an entry-level wine. Impressive depth at the beautifully balanced finish. A cuvee of 70% rotburger, 20% sankt laurent and 10% blaufrankisch, all local varieties, that was matured until May 2023 in large, neutral oak casks. Drink now. - JamesSuckling.com

94 Points! Blueberries, cassis, lemon peel, sandalwood and mahogany on the nose. Dried basil, too. Medium-bodied with fleshy, chewy tannins and bright acidity. Herbal, spicy and flavorful. Excellent length. 80% malbec, 10% syrah and 10% cabernet franc. Drink after 2023. - JamesSuckling.com

98 Points! What a breathtaking bouquet of orange blossom, ripe melon and fresh basil, as well as the more conventional gruner veltliner aromas of white pepper and ripe yellow apple. With every swirl of the glass, it becomes more complex and exciting. On the medium-bodied palate, this bowls you over with its concentration and vitality. Super-long finish that’s balanced on the point of needle. Drink or hold. Screw cap. - JamesSuckling.com

91 Points! The 2021 Grüner Veltliner Fass 4 is deep, intense and pure, even saline on the stony and perhaps slightly flinty nose. Fruity, fresh and savory on the palate, this is a medium-bodied, round and saline, slightly bitter, stimulating and salty-finishing Veltliner with grip and tension. A gorgeous Veltliner. 12.5% stated alcohol. Screw-cap closure. Tasted at the domaine in September 2022. - Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com

91 Points! From younger vines, the 2021 Grüner Veltliner Der Ott offers a clear, intense and aromatic, pure and elegant bouquet of ripe pears. On the palate, this is a rich and intense, fresh and very elegant Veltliner with a long, aromatic and intense finish with fine, phenolic grip and a saline aftertaste. A spectacular wine, of which 45,000 bottles were filled in late spring of this year. 13% stated alcohol. Screw cap-closure. Tasted at the domaine in September 2022. - Stephan Reinhardt, robertparker.com