Talking About the Wines:

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-Vinous Media, Feb ‘21 gave 93 points to 2014 Buil Toro.  “Inky, bright-rimmed ruby. Cherry preserves, blackberry, licorice, vanilla and incense on the deeply perfumed nose. Stains the palate with ripe dark fruit, cola, spicecake and violet pastille flavors that are enlivened by suggestions of smoky minerals and cracked pepper. Smoothly blends richness and energy and finishes impressively long and sweet, with a whiplash of sappy dark fruit and slow-building, velvety tannins. Not a bad effort for a Priorat producer who has chosen to tackle Tempranillo. Sourced from 50-year-old vines; raised in new French oak barrels.”

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-A View From The Cellar, May-June ‘18 gave 90 points to 2014 Buil Toro. “The 2014 Toro from Buil & Giné is composed entirely of tempranillo and tips the scales at 14.5 percent octane (or thereabouts). The bouquet here is deep and nascently complex, offering up scents of red and black raspberries, a touch of fruitcake, beautiful spice elements, a touch of roasted venison, a goodly dollop of soil, wild fennel, and cedary oak. On the palate the wine is ripe, full-bodied, and quite nicely balanced for its octane, with a rock solid core, sound acids, ripe, firm tannins, and very good length and grip on the gently heady finish. The 2014 seems just a touch riper than the lovely 2013 version, but this is quite well-balanced for its octane and I like its prospects to develop very nicely with some bottle age. I would guess that it will never quite match the elegant profile of the 2013, but it is not far off that refined Toro and is another very strong effort.”

-International Wine Report, Dec ’17 gave 92 points to 2014 Buil Toro. “Dark and brooding… with aromatics of black tea, dark chocolate shavings, and Turkish coffee. Round and generous, the wine delivers black cherry compote, anise, black tea, and blackberry cobbler flavors, that are supported by a well structure frame. Overall, this is a lovely showing, which will cellar marvelously over the next decade.”

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