"The pale and bright ruby colored 2022 Garnacha has a varietal nose with notes of cherries, aromatic herbs, ripe fruit and decayed flowers and a more decadent profile that is more Mediterranean. It has a fine thread on the palate, with chalky tannins and supple flavors, finishing dry, clean, long and serious. The élevage was in 500-liter barrels, a 1,000-liter...

"I find the nose of the 2022 Bahierra to be a little too earthy and ripe, giving it a more rustic profile. This comes from a small vineyard of five terraces that is planted with 60% red grapes, mostly Tempranillo but also Garnacha and others, and the rest white, Viura but quite a lot of Garnacha Blanca, Calagraño and Rojal....

Very original and serious, salty mid pallat and full of apples with long and intense finish.

"The single-vineyard red 2022 Carra Sto Domingo has kept its poise and floral elegance despite the warmer year and the riper fruit. This year, the wine comes in at 14.6% alcohol, but it's nicely disguised and still comes through as an elegant and balanced medium-bodied red with a fine texture and very fine tannins." 95, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate

"La Calleja was not bottled in 2020, so the 2021 La Calleja is going to be released a little earlier. It's a brilliant vintage for this wine, from a year they consider exceptional for Tempranillo. It has a classical, serious and austere profile with a cool-climate feeling to it and with very integrated oak; it always ferments in the same...

"Medium gold hue with touches of lemons and oranges. Loads of intensity, with creamy skin tannins. Aromas of wet rock, pomelo, apricots and a briny touch. The intensity is huge, but there is so much freshness. I 'd want to drink a whole bottle. 100% skin contact for around seven weeks, including three weeks of fermentation. From around 0.3 hectares...

The eponymous vineyard grows on very poor granitic and shallow soilssurrounding the chapel of ¿Ermite¿ at the top of the hill of Hermitage.The vineyard¿s elevated position, over 200 metres, allows long ripening atthe end of the growing season, and its loess soils provide excellent drainagefor rainwater. The age of the vines averages over 80 years. This wine is themost individual...

"Dark greyish crimson. More autumn leaves than on the two Pessacs just tasted, more developed Merlot character at the very beginning yet still, amazingly, there's a primary sweet cherry aroma. Overriding impression is fruit purity and clarity. Maybe just a hint of smoky liquorice. Rich and deeply fruited, firm, juicy, caressingly gentle and so persistent with impressive freshness. (JH)" 18.5,...