Winemaker Notes
Blend: 100% Garnacha Tinta
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A wild, fragrant nose of redcurrants, sour cherries, lemons, flowers and sweet spices. Medium-bodied with fine tannins and crisp acidity. Vibrant, fresh and fruity. Touch of jam at the end.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
There is good freshness and balance in the 2019 Alto de la Cruz, which was produced from selected plots in the paraje El Sotillo in Navatalgordo, a place surrounded by trees and local vegetation. It shows an herbal and wild character, with notes of wild berries and herbs and contained ripe fruit (it's 14.42% alcohol). It comes through as balanced and fresh, with focused flavors and a long, dry finish and some fine-grained tannins with the granite texture.
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.