Vivaltus 2018 (750ML)

98 TA / 95 WA / 95 JA

“The wine is elegant, subtle and insinuating, yet to develop the perfume and exuberance the 2016 has in the nose. It has a leafy twist that gives it freshness, and it has velvety tannins,great balance and elegance. It has the ingredients and the balance between them to develop nicely in bottle, but seeing how the 2016 is singing today, it would be a shame to pull the cork from the 2018.” - Luis Gutiérez, Wine Advocate

“It may be a little premature to review this 2018, but make sure you remind yourself to buy a case in two years' time. It's the polar opposite of the big, ripe, overwooded styles of Ribera. Nuanced, refined and hauntingly balanced, with perfumed oak, lovely texture and balance, leafy, graphite-like complexity and the length of a world-class wine. 2023-35” - Tim Atkin

“Muscular, slate hewn tannins, this has a rugged quality where nothing is overpowered by oak and yet it hugs the palate, making its presence felt. Serious architecture that softens through the mid palate to show creamy raspberry and red cherry fruits, spicy aniseed, fennel and licorice root, sinewy tannins, totally moreish.” - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux