Canta La Perdiz 2015, Dominio del Aguila

Guia Peñin

Colour: bright cherry. Nose: balsamic, sweet spices, mountain herbs, fruit expression, red fruit. Palate: spicy, balsamic, good acidity, fruity.

Robert Parker

The scarcest and rarest of the reds is the single-vineyard 2015 Canta la Perdiz, produced with the field-blend grapes of one of the oldest vineyards in the village of La Aguilera, a plot at 890 meters in altitude that has sandy and limestone-rich soils that give the wine a specific texture reminiscent of chalk. It's planted with a field blend dominated by Tempranillo but with small percentages of many other grapes, and the aim is to be able to ferment them all together. The ripeness of 2015 allowed for all the different varieties to achieve good ripeness, and they were all included in the wine, which fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts. It was foot trodden, and the malolactic and slow and long aging was in French oak barrels and lasted 31 months. It's a wine of perfume and finesse, gentle and tender, attractive and showy, developing nice complexity in the glass, with a more Mediterranean profile, some fennel and aromatic herbs. It has a velvety texture with very fine tannins. It also has very good freshness and balance, and it finishes long and dry. 1,220 bottles and 24 magnums were filled in May 2018.

Decanter

I had never imagined how delicate Ribera del Duero could be until I tasted Jorge Monzón’s wines. A pure joy of floral and fruity aromas, easy-going yet impressively complex and long: a new benchmark for elegance and depth in Spain. One of those wines that changes perceptions. 40 months’ oak.

James Suckling

Aromas of wild blackberries, blueberries, dried violets, tobacco, cedar, pine and dark chocolate. It’s full-bodied with firm, chewy and powdery tannins, framing a rich core of black and blue fruit. Deep and polished with lingering vanilla and spice notes. Lots of stone and tar character. From organically grown grapes

Vivino