Addy Bassin's MacArthur Beverages - Fine Wine and Spirits Since 1957

"The 1999 Pago Valdebellon (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) boasts a deep ruby/purple color as well as a dense, concentrated, black currant-scented nose offering notions of new oak, smoke, licorice, and earth. Medium to full-bodied, elegant, and pure, with a long finish, it should drink well for a decade." Robert Parker
- Wine Advocate

"Intensely floral bouquet offers scents of black raspberry, lavender, Indian spices and white pepper. Juicy dark berry flavors are complicated by notes of candied flowers and pepper and show no rough edges." Josh Raynolds
- Stephen Tanzer

"The 2005 Neo Punta Esencia is a large-scaled behemoth with lots of fruit and the structure to match. It presents a superb aromatic array of toasty new oak, mineral, truffle, violets, licorice, and blackberry. On the palate it is full-bodied, weighty, and powerful leading to a rich, full-flavored finish. It should easily have a 30 year lifespan." Jay Miller
- Wine Advocate

"A hard shell of tannins cracks to offer sweet dried cherry and dark chocolate flavors, intense and vibrant, with accents of cranberry, rhubarb and mineral. It's powerful, yet remains light on its feet. Drink now through 2015. 3,000 cases made" Thomas Matthews
- Wine Spectator

"The 2005 Cuvee No. 2/3 is 100% Carinena from 90 year old vines. It was aged for 18 months in new French oak. Purple-colored, it has an alluring perfume of crushed stone, smoke, leather, spice box, black cherry, and raspberry. This leads to a full-bodied wine with a smooth texture, layers of flavor, and a forward personality. This intense Priorat will develop more nuance with several years more in bottle but can be enjoyed now and over the next 10-12 years. Trio Infernal is owned by three Frenchmen from Provence, Jean Michel Gerin, Laurent Combier, and Peter Fischer who purchased 50 acres in Priorat in 2000." Jay Miller
- Wine Advocate

"High-pitched red berry and herbal aromas, with a subtle floral quality in the background. Smoky cherry and red berry flavors are lifted by zesty acidity and complicated by notes of licorice and candied violet. The floral and herbal notes repeat on the taut, nervy finish. Reminds me of a racy, elegant Chinon." Josh Raynolds
- Stephen Tanzer

"Espresso and allspice flavors show oak, but there's plenty of ripe black fruit on the palate. The plush texture is supported by ripe, muscular tannins, and licorice, mineral and graphite notes add complexity. Best from 2010 through 2020." Thomas Matthews
- Wine Spectator

"Opaque purple-colored, the wine has an awesome nose which is already multi-faceted. There are elements of pain grille, lead pencil, mineral, violets, blueberry and blackberry with just a bit more subtlety and nuance than its two colleagues. On the palate the wine is an infant developmentally with densely packed ripe fruit, sensational balance, and a seamlessness that must be tasted to be believed. It should age like a great vintage of Lafite or Latour and have at least a 50 year life span." Jay Miller
- Wine Advocate