Wine Advocate - 14th Jul 2022 - Luis Gutierrez - Viña Tondonia Tinto Reserva 2011 - 94/100 - $ 60 - 2022-2029
The 2011 Viña Tondonia Reserva is darker and shows riper fruit, a rounder palate and some dusty tannins. A year of ripeness, concentration and tannin, the wine is powerful with the finesse of Tondonia. Tasting this next to the textbook 2010 Tondonia revealed how this has more muscle and a wider back and the 2010 epitomizes the finesse and elegance. 270,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2019.

James Suckling - 24 Jun, 2022 - López de Heredia Rioja Viña Tondonia Reserva 2011 - 95/100  
A traditional beauty that effuses iron, warm earth and savory tobacco leaves, together with plums, spices and orange zest. This is juicy and still tight, with firm but savory tannins. Medium-weight and quite zesty in texture, as is the case with the other López de Heredia reds tasted this session. Drink now or hold.