2021 Spanish Red Wine

The 2021 Las Gravas contains grapes from a vineyard planted in 2006 (that already contributed to the 2020) and it has given the wine a fine-boned profile with more freshness and varietal Monastrell notes a rustic-elegant feeling.... Read More

I retasted the 2021 Clos Erasmus to compare it with the 2022 and 2023. The three vintages are very different. This 2021 has an ethereal character and comes through as a cool-climate wine; it doesn't have the same weight as... Read More

The 2021 Laurel the second wine from Clos Erasmus was produced with grapes from younger vines between five and 40 years old and is a blend of 80% Garnacha 11% Syrah and 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes were cooled down for 24... Read More

I tasted two vintages of the entry-level wine starting with the 2021 Pícaro del Águila Tinto. It's ripe and round with round tannins velvety and polished approachable and hedonistic. It's nicely built and serious very... Read More

Listán Prieto with a bit of Tintilla sourced frommultiple, old-vine, piè franco parcels at over1,000m. Each parcel vinified separately, somein concrete and some in small open tubs.Roughly 10 days maceration with... Read More

The impressive 2021 La Santa de Úrsula has a floral peppery and herbal nose and an elegant and fresh palate with a sensation of harmony and balance. It has very fine tannins and a long clean and ethereal sensation in the finish.... Read More

Listán Negro from centenarian piè franco vines trained in the ancient cordon trenzado in two parcels at 350m and 600m. The grapes were foot-trodden and fermented by parcel in large concrete vats with some whole clusters,then... Read More

The nose of the 2021 Nit de Nin Mas d’en Caçador is really different with a savory condition reminiscent of cured sausage (Catalan "fuet" dry sausage) herbal fresh and floral with some notes of meat and blood. It was produced... Read More

The 2021 Finca Sandoval follows the path of the impressive 2020 with an exuberant Syrah nose all violets tar smoked bacon fat and hints of orange peel. This is a blend of 80% Syrah 10% Bobal and 5% each Moravia Agria and Touriga... Read More

The 2021 Las Uvas de la Ira produced and sold before by Dani Landi is now a wine from Vitícola Mentridana under the direction of Curro Bareño who takes over in this cool vintage. It was produced in the same way from six vineyards... Read More