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Muruve 2004 Elite Tinta de Toro (Toro)

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Price $38

A top-flight Toro that knows how to step on the gas but keep the car centered. Aromas of dried lavender, violets, coffee and black fruit come together marvelously, while the palate is dark as Mud Cake but still loaded with tasty blackberry and black currants. Pure and strapping, and giving all the oomph that Toro is known for. — M.S. (4/1/2008)

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Muruve 2007 Elite Tinta de Toro (Toro)

Price $37

A little bit rooty intially, with coconut, sandalwood, lemon peel and mocha aromas. It’s pure and solid in the mouth, with cola, blackberry, fudge, mocha and espresso flavors. Power and style are on full display as this Tinta de Toro finishes with black licorice, vanilla and toasty flavors. Best now through 2013. — M.S. (12/15/2011)

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Muruve 1996 Crianza Tinta de Toro (Toro)

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Price $13

An excellent wine with a great pure-fruit core. There’s plenty of body here, and the defined black-cherry flavor parrots the fragrant nose. Oak lovers will rejoice in the layers of vanilla and smoke that permeate this mouth-filling offering. Best Buy. — M.S. (8/1/2000)

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Muruve 2006 Elite Tinta de Toro (Toro)

Price $36

The nose is all dense blackberries, while the palate is deep, flashy and ripe, with flavors of black cherry and blackberry. If you like big, bold wines, then this one should strike you in a good way; it’s saturated and dark, with a touch of vanilla and mocha on the finish. Great balance for such a big wine. Drink now through 2012. — M.S. (8/1/2009)

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Muruve 2004 Crianza Tinta de Toro (Toro)

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Price $15

These are the kinds of Best Buys we love. In the case of Muruve’s ’04 crianza, the wine overdelivers by a sum and a half. The nose brims with cola, tar, menthol and other dark aromas, while the big but balanced palate delivers a belt of blackberry and plum flavors along with chewy, ripe tannins. Good now with grilled meat, but will age for another five years should… — M.S. (4/1/2008)

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Muruve 2006 Reserva Tinta de Toro (Toro)

Price $20

Meaty and full-bodied, with molasses, roasted blackberry and cola aromas. This is a fine example of affordable Toro; it’s rich and balanced, not overripe or raisiny, with tannic grip, a chewy texture and lasting flavors of prune, blackberry and chocolate. Drink now through 2013. — M.S. (10/1/2011)

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Muruve 2005 Reserva Tinta de Toro (Toro)

Price $20

Approachable right away, with jammy dark berry fruit aromas followed by a thick, stout palate of black plum and creamy blackberry flavors. Like any good Toro wine, this is broad, tannic and powerful, with black licorice and bitter chocolate on the finish. Good now through 2011. — M.S. (12/15/2009)

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Muruve 2003 Reserva Tinta de Toro (Toro)

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Price $19

Muruve is a label worth watching in Toro. The wines are not as brawny and robust as some, and instead they offer more reserved pleasures. This reserva shows coconut and black plum aromas, with very ripe but structured black fruit flavors. Coffee and vanilla flood the finish, and overall the wine is raring to go now and over the next few years. — M.S. (4/1/2008)

Most Reviewed Designations

Crianza Crianza 1998 Elite Joven Tinto Reserva

Most Reviewed Varietals

Red Blend Tinta de Toro

2010 Bogle Old Vine

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