2003 Bodegas Y Vinedos Maurodos San Roman RP--92 WS--93

Wine Spectator: 93 Points
Score: 93 Release Price: $50 Country: Spain Region: Spain Issue: Nov 15, 2007 Plush, polished and alluring, this modern red offers ripe, sweet blackberry and cassis flavors supported by plenty of toasty oak and grounded by a firm minerality. Not muscle-bound, but structured and balanced, with a long, floral finish. Drink now through 2015. 6,100 cases made.--TM

Robert Parker: 92 Points
Wine Advocate #169 Feb 2007 Jay Miller 92 Drink: 2011 - 2020 $48 (50) The 2003 San Roman is 100% Tinta de Toro from vines at least 60 years of age and aged for 22 months in new French oak and a mix of new and used American oak before being bottled unfiltered. Opaque purple in color, the nose offers pain grille, smoke, vanilla, brooding black fruits, and licorice. On the palate the wine is a baby with layers of fruit, full tannins, and exceptional depth and concentration. The long, pure finish lasts for 40 seconds. Cellar this wine for 4-6 years and drink it through 2020.