Winemaker Notes
Their unmistakable Syrah. It manages to combine the best of both worlds: a bold nose, of a decidedly spiced character, blends together with sweeter aromas. The overall bouquet is complex: it features red fruits alongside floral and spiced notes, intermingling with other more toasted and balsamic nuances for added freshness. Very expressive on the palate: it is strong, and has an intense, long-lasting flavour. This is a silky red, both elegant and well-balanced.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
Evocative of the Northern Rhône in its full celebration of smoky oak, white and black pepper, and clove, the 2020 Syrah Pago Garduna is supple with high acidity. The medium-plus to high toast oak helps accent its spicier flavors, leading to a concentrated, medium-bodied layering of blue fruit and garrigue that tantalizes through a long, complex finish.
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Vinous
The 2020 Syrah Garduña from Abadía Retuerta was aged for 18 months in new and used barrels. Spicy notes of pepper and cured meat appear on the nose, joined by blackberry and a touch of reduction. The palate is plush and indulgent, delivering broad texture, fresh flow and fine tannins with persistent flavor. Its bold yet refined style recalls both France and Australia.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The intensely varietal 2020 Pago la Garduña has textbook notes of olives, bacon fat and smoke with a toasted twist. It's medium to full-bodied, with contained ripeness and 14.3% alcohol, a velvety mouthfeel and pungent varietal flavors that linger in the finish. It's rich and tasty, keeping the elegance and balance.
The rebirth of a historic vineyard and of a whole winemaking tradition, the excellence of which remains intact, laid the foundations for today’s Abadía Retuerta winery. It now has over 30 years of history, as expert hands manage the vineyard by carefully looking after it and creating unique wines with their own Protected Designation of Origin.
Abadía Retuerta is a unique place where time stands still and feelings run high. Here, the past lives on in the present, and centuries of tradition and culture remain intact. It sits within an enclave bathed by the river Duero, which defines the traits of the surrounding terroir. Experts with great patience, know-how and anticipation really get the best out of the terrain: they respect the natural cycles and help the vines adapt to the austere climate of the region, in order to produce one of the estate’s most prized assets: its first-rate wine.
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.