"Brilliant amber color. Vanilla bean, star anise, rye toast, cream brulee, and spice aromas are well defined and attractive. A round entry leads to a dry-yet-fruity medium-full body of caramel, honeyed nuts, cinnamon rye toast, and mint, pink peppercorn flavors. Finishes with a long sweet toffee, buttercream, dried cherry, tobacco leaf, and peppery spice fade. Deliciously decadent. 92 points" Beverage Testing Institute

"Deep amber color. Spicy charred oak, sweet toffee, and pepper aromas. A rich entry leads to a dryish medium-to full-bodied palate with toffee, mocha, and white pepper flavors with a pronounced copper tang. Finishes with a sweet, charred barrel, brown, and metallic fade. An aggressive and spicy bourbon that will work nicely in a bourbon peach tea cocktail. 90 points" Beverage Testing Institute

"Ripe, tropical and laced with pineapple, nectarine, green banana and melon. This is the best Don Olegario we’ve had in the past three vintages, and that’s because it’s here in the year after harvest, as it should be. Thus it’s fresh, smooth and tight, with hints of petrol, pepper and citrus pith toughening up the finish."

"This is a consistently well-made Bordeaux Superieur from Salignac, just north of Libourne. Although not up to the level of the 2005, the 2004 Beaulieu Comtes de Tastes is an elegant, pretty wine offering notes of sweet and sour cherries intermixed with cedar and toasty oak. A nice texture, medium body, and immediate accessibility suggest it should be consumed over the next 4-5 years." Robert Parker 86 points