With this unequivocally optimistic tone Master of Wine and journalist Tim Atkin begins his fifth annual report on Rioja. Using his own point system inspired by the 1885 Bordeaux classifications, Atkin has returned to the region to select the best producers and best wines where "quality is the only criteria". After tasting 1,228 wines for his research, Atkin once again offers high praise for the Gómez Cruzado winery: categorizing the 100-year-old winery as “second growth”, including its Terroir Selection (Cerro Las Cuevas, Pancrudo y Montes Obarenes) among the year’s best, and awarding all of its wines between 90 and 96 points.

PANCRUDO was included among the Chairs' Choice' category of wines in 2019 Rioja 10x10 tasting, organized in the United Kingdom by the Rioja DOCa Regulatory Council to share with sommeliers, educators, trade, press and consumers the wide reaching diversity and recognized quality of the Rioja region. Tim Atkin -co-chair with Sarah Jane Evans of the tasting panel and botdh Masters of Wine- includes PANCRUDO in this category that highlights the wines considered "shining stars in the 2019 line up".