96 pts - Wine Advocate
The 2005 Vecina is also strutting its stuff. I can’t say it showed better than it did last year, but this wine comes close to perfection for my palate. Made in a Graves-like style, it exhibits scents of roasted herbs, espresso, scorched rocks, and liquid minerals seamlessly integrated into a full-bodied, dense wine offering a cascade of black cherries and black currants. Built for the long haul, this powerful 2005 is soft enough to be drunk early, but it will not hit its stride for at least a decade, and should age for three decades thereafter.- Robert Parker Jr. (12/2008)
97 pts - Vinous
Dense, powerful and explosive, the 25 Vecina is superb. The barest hints of aromatic development come through. Although the 25 can probably be enjoyed now with some air, I would prefer to cellar it, as the future for this wine is unquestionably very, very bright.- Antonio Galloni (11/217)