Winemaker Notes
Aromas display a series of red fruit and forest berries, together with Mediterranean herbs and a balsamic ending. The palate shows endless fleshy red fruit, along with a nice wide texture and a wild touch, it finishes long and elegant.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Some baked plums, dried strawberries, licorice, walnuts and mossy red berries. Balsamic, too. Quite bright and juicy, with more wild berries and licorice on the palate with a hint of Coca-Cola. Very refined tannins here. 100% garnatxa peluda, or hairy garnacha.
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Wine Spectator
A stylish red without being flashy, with chalky tannins fleshed out by flavors of bitter cherry and black plum, dried sage, mocha and graphite. Fresh, spiced finish. Best after 2024.
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