Wow! I don't think I've seen this much polarity in reviews! Perhaps John Szabo tried an off bottle. I put off tasting this wine for a while because well, I'm superficial I suppose and I HATE the label! I know to not judge a wine by the label but the label just made me shudder and I assumed the wine was no good. Bad me. I enjoyed this wine! It's a very nice example of a Rioja.