Galgo, Garnacha "Insula Barataria" Sierra de Gredos, Spain 2023

90% Garnacha, 10% Jaen Blanca. Jaen Blanca is an obscure white grape variety and
winemaker Daniel Ramos always throws it in mix. 

Floral and berry aromas, earthy, black cherry, baked spices with smooth tannins and refreshing acidity. A good touch of minerality provides a nice salty finish.  Ideal with charcuterie, paella, grilled vegetables, lamb, smoked salmon and goat cheeses.

Officially this is a declassified wine. Sierra de Gredos (Ávila). Vineyards in Gredos are just amazing and share few common features: high altitude, steep hills, decomposed granite soils topped by sand. Biodiversity here rules with orchards and pine forests. Some of them are trained as low density bush vines (en vaso in Spanish). At roughly 850 meters’ altitude, the continental climate is fierce here with crazily cold windy winters and hot dry summers. Gredos is the new Eldorado for the new wave of Spanish producers seeking terroir driven wines and about 15 of them are gathered together within the “Garnacha de Gredos” association.