Cerro Las Cuevas

The 2022 Cerro Las Cuevas shows austerity and poise beyond what you expect from a torrid year. It was produced with a field blend of 75% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano and the rest Garnacha and Mazuelo. It's still 15% alcohol, but it goes unnoticed and comes through as balanced and with good freshness, serious and powerful, with ripe fruit, aromatic herbs and integrated oak after the 12 months it aged in French oak. 2,748 bottles and 48 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2024.

The Pancrudo Garnacha was a hard act to follow, but the 2018 Cerro Las Cuevas, their "Selección Terroir" produced with a blend of 80% Tempranillo, 12% Graciano, 5% Garnacha and 3% Mazuelo from two ancient and beautiful vineyards in Ollauri, was able to keep it up. This follows the line of the 2017 and fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in 3,800-liter oak foudre and two barriques. It's elegant and perfumed, mixing notes of flowers, wild berries and herbs with transparent oak. On the palate, the tannins are very fine and provide a chalky texture, the flavors are clean and pure, and there is a nice sense of harmony. This is also superb. 5,339 bottles and 200 magnums produced. It was bottled in February 2020.