Wine Advocate: 97 Points
The 2013 El Puntido Gran Reserva started very shy and closed; it took time to open up to slowly unfurl the more tertiary notes, despite its youth. It reveals great complexity and nuance. It's a triumph over the adverse conditions of a challenging year like 2013, a year with a lot of rain and a cold summer with lots of cloudy days when people thought the grapes were not going to ripen. It has a classical nose with notes of cherries in liqueur, cigar ash, decayed leaves and truffles with the spiciness from the 28 months in new French oak barrels and a lactic touch. The palate is polished, sleek and elegant. In 2018, they changed the fermentation vessels from stainless steel to concrete, but we'll have to wait a few years to see that... 5,000 bottles produced. It has been in bottle since March 2016. It should be long lived and make old bones. -- Luis Gutiérrez
Wine Spectator: 94 Points
There's an elegance to this richly detailed red, with its fine-grained tannins and creamy texture well-meshed with a mix of baked blackberry, plum sauce, ground coffee and graphite notes. Firms up a bit on the fresh finish but shows fine length and expression, with lingering, fragrant hints of sassafras root, white pepper and sweet tobacco. Drink now through 2038. 2,000 cases made, 1,000 cases imported.
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