The Wine Advocate #257 - 29 Oct 2021 - 2019 Hacienda Monasterio - 94/100 - 2022-2028 - $50
The 2019 Hacienda Monasterio is floral, aromatic and precise, showing good but contained ripeness, with 15% alcohol. It's a similar blend as in previous years—80% Tinto Fino, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot and 2% Malbec. This is the first vintage they used their new 10,000-liter oak vat, so there are more lots fermented separately and then blended to create this cuvée that shows very good balance, juiciness, concentration, structure and power but with freshness and balance. Their idea is to gradually replace the Merlot with Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, but that's going to be a slow process. They have 12 different soils classified on the property, and in 2019 they selected different soils for each wine, something that was not done in 2017; there will be more changes in this direction in the future. 182,666 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2021.

Tim Atkin - Ribera del Duero 2021 - 15. Nov 21 - Hacienda Monasterio Cosecha 2019 - 93/100 - (15%) - 2023-29
Hacienda Monasterio's warm, south-facing site could produce over-ripe wines in the wrong hands, but this is a very well balanced wine, combining Tinto Fino with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot and Malbec. The Bordeaux varieties came into their own in 2019, 
adding structure and freshness to the blend. Sweetly oaked in 25% French wood, this is leafy and refined with Mediterranean herb and sweet spice flavours..

Ausverkauft: JG. 2020 kommt Ende September