Deep red with ruby tinges and a pale rim. Complex, deep nose offers ripe red cherry, sweet pipe tobacco, flint and tar. Dense and suave on entry, then slightly more austere but with still plenty of fleshy, spicy red fruit flavors that linger impressively. The smooth tannins and lively acidity provide backbone to what is a larger scaled, rounder Turriga (the percentage of Carignano in the blend was slightly higher in this vintage). A knockout wine.
— Vinous, Aug 2016

The 1990 Turriga is remarkable for the way it combines ripeness with what is an essentially ethereal personality. Clarity, precision and balance; it's all there as the wine continues to open up in the glass. Tobacco herbs, licorice and dark fruit follow through to the long, harmonious finish. This is a gorgeous Turriga.
— Wine Advocate, Apr 2010