2022 was not an easy year, a demanding vintage in terms of viticulture, and the 2022 Garm\u00f3n was vinified with a softer extraction, given the natural concentration of the year. It’s quite primary, with a purple color denoting youth, and it’s elegant and juicy, with abundant, slightly dusty tannins. It has 7% Cabernet Sauvignon and achieved 14.5% alcohol. It was bottled after 22 months in French oak barrels. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2024.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","content":""},{"score":"96","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":""},{"score":"94","publication":"Wine Spectator","abr_publication":"Wine Spectator","content":"
A polished red, exuding dark, juicy blackberry, mulberry and black olive flavors laced with subtle notes of toast, vanilla, graphite, and dried thyme and lavender. Sleek, fine-grained tannins are well-meshed, and the overall impression is fresh and focused. Drink now through 2040.<\/p>\n"}]},{"vintage":"2021","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/garmon_ficha-ingles_web_2021.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"97","publication":"Tim Atkin","abr_publication":"Tim Atkin","content":"
Eduardo Garc\u00eda makes this outstanding assemblage of Tinto fino and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon with grapes sourced from Anguix, Ba\u00f1os de Valdearados, Moradillo and Tubilla del Lago. It’s a wine that illustrates his skills as a blender showing a well-judged combination of structure and acidity. Clove spice, plum, orange zest and blueberry flavours are framed by scented, lightly toasted oak. One of the best Garm\u00f3n releases yet. 2026- 2040<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Vinous","abr_publication":"Vinous","content":"
The 2021 Garm\u00f3n is primarily Tempranillo with a 5% dash of Cabernet Sauvignon from Ribera del Duero, aged for 20 months in French oak barrels. A dark garnet-red in hue. The nose presents notes of cherry, plums and hints of violet, along with black tea and subtle ashy undertones. Dry and relatively rich, the juicy, chalky palate leads to a long-lasting, flavorful finish. This is a Ribera del Duero wine that drew inspiration from Bordeaux. 2025-2040.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
For the flrst time, the 2021 Garm\u00f3n contains 5% Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend with Tempranillo from different villages and zones within Ribera del Duero. They work small plots of old vines and old clones that have a longer cycle. The grapes ferment from 12 to 16 days with indigenous yeasts, and the wine matured in French oak barrels for 22 months. Despite the high altitude of the majority of vineyards here, the wine feels riper than the 2021s from Mauro, and the oak is more evident in the nose.<\/p>\n
lt’s spicy, toasty and smoky, with a medium to full-bodied palate with abundant, slightly dusty tannins.<\/p>\n
Drink date 2025 – 2033<\/p>\n"},{"score":"95","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":""}]},{"vintage":"2020","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/04\/garmon_ficha-ingles_web_2020.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"93","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
Tasted along with the 2019, the 2020 Garm\u00f3n is from a cooler year with more rain that resulted in fresher wines, a little lighter. This is still dominated by black ripe fruit, hints of licorice and earth and a creamy and smoky\/spicy touch from the 20 months in 225-liter barriques. It’s medium to full-bodied with abundant, slightly dusty tannins and more earthiness in the finish. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2022.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"96","publication":"Tim Atkin","abr_publication":"Tim Atkin","content":"
Eduardo Garc\u00eda sources grapes from seven different villages – Anguix, Ba\u00f1os de Valdearados, La Aguilera, Moradillo, Olivares, Tubilla del Lago and Valbuena – to make this superb pan- Ribera blend, which deserves its reputation as one of the region’s very best releases. Fresh, elegant and youthful, with fennel and wild herb aromas, lots of zip and acidity and medium structure. Subtle, refined and ethereal.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Vinous","abr_publication":"Vinous","content":""},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","content":""},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":""},{"score":"93","publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","content":""},{"score":"93","publication":"Intervinos","abr_publication":"Intervinos","content":""}]},{"vintage":"2019","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/04\/garmon_ficha-ing_web_2019.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"93","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
The profile of the 2019 Garm\u00f3n is quite classical Ribera del Duero, with good ripeness, Tempranillo typicity and generous oak, delivering wines of high regularity and a recognizable profile for the public. It has smoky notes of bacon and spices, black fruit, good ripeness, 14.5% alcohol and a juicy and creamy mouthfeel with ripe tannins and an oaky finish. It matured in 225-liter French oak barrels for 20 months. 49,504 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2021.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Tim Atkin","abr_publication":"Tim Atkin","content":"
Eduardo Garc\u00eda used fruit from six different villages – Anguix, Ba\u00f1os de Valdearados. La Aguilera, Moradillo, Quintanilla de On\u00e9simo and Tubilla del Lago – to produce the latest vintage of this world-class red, blending their characters as an artist might mix a palette of colours. Spicy, chalky, structured yet refined, with haunting perfume, subtle oak, enviable density, energy and poise and the concentration to age. 2024-35<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Falstaff","abr_publication":"Falstaff","content":""},{"score":"97","publication":"Proensa","abr_publication":"Proensa","content":"
Vanguardia de la Ribera del Duero, consistente y fresco. Bien definido y potente en la nariz, base neta de fruta sana y madura, tonos minerales, toque de barrica nueva. Equilibrado, fluido, con cuerpo y nervio, taninos de calidad, sabroso, amplio de aromas.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":"
Picota con ribete viol\u00e1ceo. Profundo y arom\u00e1tico, recuerdos de ciruela negra, moras, grosellas, flores silvestres, finos ahumados, cacao, s\u00e1ndalo, tabaco, tierra h\u00fameda, boletus, tinta china, regaliz, etc. Complejo, estructurado, con nervio y m\u00fasculo, amplio, equilibrado y perseverante v\u00eda retronasal.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Vivir el vino","abr_publication":"Vivir el vino","content":"
Marcado car\u00e1cter ribere\u00f1o que da lugar a aromas inmediatos y n\u00edtidos de tierra, junto a recuerdos f\u00e9rreos, de cueros trabajados y arcilla h\u00fameda, que preceden a los de fruta compacta fresca y a las notas bals\u00e1micas y de madera. La boca es amplia, estructurada, frutal y fresca. Acidez viva y tanino rugoso que dan lugar a un final persistente, terroso y bals\u00e1mico.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"92","publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","content":""}]},{"vintage":"2018","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/garmon_ficha-ingles__web_2018.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"97","publication":"Wine Enthusiast","abr_publication":"Wine Enthusiast","content":"
Deep-red-violet in the glass, this wine has a nose of dark plum, cassis and forest floor. Robust tannins settle into the mouth backing flavors of dark berries, mocha, herbes de Provence and aniseed. There is a beautiful tension on the palate between tannins and refreshing acidity. Drink through 2043 Grapes of Spain. Cellar Selection.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
The only wine they produce here, the 2018 Garm\u00f3n is pure Tempranillo from different villages with a continental climate, old organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards that are not certified. It fermented by village with indigenous yeasts and matured in 225-liter French oak barrels for 20 months. This reflects the cooler character of the year, and they maybe used a little more used oak (50\/50). The wine is fresher, has a lot more acidity and is aromatic and open, with a better balance without losing structure. This is the finest wine they have produced so far, and they told me this is the kind of wine they wanted to make in Ribera del Duero, the Mauro style with finesse and elegance. It brought me to the character of the wines from yesteryear, rustic but with elegance, full of character and with energy and aging potential. 50,120 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2020.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Vinous","abr_publication":"Vinous","content":"
Deep, brilliant violet. Expansive cherry, blueberry, potpourri and exotic spice qualities on the intensely perfumed nose; vanilla and woodsmoke nuances add complexity. Deep, sweet and focused on the palate, offering powerful red and dark berry compote, lavender pastille and licorice flavors and a suave floral overtone. A spicy nuance gains strength on the long, energetic and youthfully tannic finish, which leaves smoke and mineral notes behind.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"98","publication":"Tim Atkins","abr_publication":"Tim Atkins","content":"
It’s easy to forget that the first vintage of Garm\u00f3n was as recent as 2014, such is the quality of the wine, but the Garc\u00eda family’s long-standing association with the region has certainly contributed to its success. Picked 10 days later than the 2017, this is my favourite release yet, combining vineyards between 30 and 100 years’ old in Anguix, Ba\u00f1os de Valdearados, Moradillo and Tubilla. Chalky, balanced and effortlessly refined, with notes of red berries, fennel and spice, subtle oak and thrilling freshness. A truly great Ribera.<\/p>\n
Drinking Window\u00a02025\u00a0–\u00a02035<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"John Gilman","abr_publication":"John Gilman","content":"
The flagship bottling from Bodegas Garm\u00f3n includes plenty of old vines in the mix here, as the vines range from thirty to fully one hundred years of age! The vines sit at nine hundred<\/p>\n
meters of elevation, are farmed organically and the wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for twenty months in French oak barrels. The wine comes in at 14.5 percent alcohol and is deep, pure and very classy on the nose, wafting from the glass in a mix of plums, black cherries, raw cocoa, a touch of fresh nutmeg, lovely soil tones, violets and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and plush at the core, with fine soil signature, ripe, buried tannins, impressive focus and grip and a long, well-balanced and nascently complex finish that closes with just a bit of heat. This is a serious bottle of Ribera del Duero, but it will need a solid decade to start to soften up and drink with generosity. Fine juice. 2032-2080.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":""},{"score":"96","publication":"Vivir el vino","abr_publication":"Vivir el vino","content":""},{"score":"94","publication":"Proensa","abr_publication":"Proensa","content":""},{"score":"93","publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","content":""},{"score":"93","publication":"Intervinos","abr_publication":"Intervinos","content":""}]},{"vintage":"2017","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/garmon_ficha-ingles_web_2017.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"96","publication":"Tim Atkin","abr_publication":"Tim Atkin","content":"
Very much a blend of villages, Mariano Garc\u00eda’s remarkable wine uses fruit from four different areas, with altitudes of up to 1,000 metres. Subtle, floral and energetic, with finely judged oak, judiciously worked tannins, savoury, dark berry fruit, plenty of colour and considerable ageing potential. Firmly established as one of Ribera’s best cuv\u00e9es. 2023-30<\/p>\n"},{"score":"95","publication":"Decanter","abr_publication":"Decanter","content":""},{"score":"93","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
The 2017 Garm\u00f3n was the first vintage fermented in their own winery, and the wine went through malolactic and an \u00e9levage of 18 months in barrique, but they increased the percentage of used barrels. The fruit is very clean and a mixture of red and black, and the tannins are soft, a bit grainy, with integrated oak. Like many of the 2017s from the family, the wine shows really well; they did a good job in a very challenging year. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2019.<\/p>\n
Drink Date: 2020 – 2026<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Wine Enthusiast","abr_publication":"Wine Enthusiast","content":"
Blackberry and cassis aromas are accompanied by savory notes and leathery warmth. Going in a different direction, the palate is crisp, tight and dry, with strapping muscularity. Black plum, wild berry, earthy spice, lemony oak and chocolaty support combine to create a superb flavor profile, while this is focused and firm on the finish.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Vinous","abr_publication":"Vinous","content":"
Opaque ruby. Mineral- and spice-accented aromas of ripe red and dark berries, lavender and exotic spices on the deeply perfumed nose. Weighty and broad on the palate, offering juicy blackberry and bitter cherry flavors that show fine clarity and building sweetness. Turns spicier on the persistent finish, which features slowly mounting tannins and lingering mineral and floral notes.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Jen Dunnuck","abr_publication":"Jen Dunnuck","content":"
All Tempranillo, the 2017 Garmon comes from vines ranging from 30 to 100 years of age and spent 18 months in French oak. It’s another ripe, sexy, yet beautifully balanced wine from this estate that has classic Tempranillo dark berry fruits, graphite, spice box, violet, and dried herb-like aromas and flavors. With medium to full-bodied richness, a rounded, expansive texture, and silky tannins, drink this beautifully polished, elegant Ribera over the coming decade or so.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"98","publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","content":"
Entero, perfiles de grandeza, para guardar. Elegantes aromas de fruta bien madura ensalzados y no solapados por la crianza, tonos florales y minerales, fondo de tinta. Con cuerpo y nervio, equilibrado, fresca acidez, taninos de calidad, amplio.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"98","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":"
Picota de gran capa con borde granate. Intenso, complejo, sutiles aromas de fruta negra silvestre, pizarra, cacao, violetas, grafito, nuez moscada, ahumados, hojarasca, notas micol\u00f3gicas, tomillo, trufa negra, reposter\u00eda, etc. Goloso, potente, envolvente, elegante esqueleto, aterciopelado y persistente final con una arom\u00e1tica retronasal. De larga vida.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"95","publication":"Vivir el vino","abr_publication":"Vivir el vino","content":"
Claramente es un vino que sabe compaginar fruta y buena crianza. Todo est\u00e1 en su sitio, nada sobra y todo acompa\u00f1a. Aqu\u00ed, la fruta es n\u00edtida, aparecen especiados y una agradable parte mineral. La boca es suculenta, estructurada, viva y, a su vez, vertical. Con una rica acidez, tiene un tanino redondo y un final largo en el que el recuerdo es persistente.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","content":"
Color: cereza oscuro. Aroma: tostado, especiado, cacao fino, chocolate, fruta negra. Boca: sabroso, tostado, fino amargor.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Intervinos","abr_publication":"Intervinos","content":""},{"score":"92","publication":"El Pa\u00eds","abr_publication":"El Pa\u00eds","content":""},{"score":"96","publication":"Gu\u00eda Sevi","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Sevi","content":"
Frutos negros maduros, elegante gesto reductivo m\u00e1s de fruta que de crianza, ceras, chocolate y regaliz negros, mineral ahumado, jara y flores, excepcional textura, fondo salino, con equilibrio y longitud.<\/p>\n
Ripe black fruit, elegant reductive aspect (of fruit, more tan of crianza), waxy, chocolate and liquorice, smoked mineral, rockrose and flowers, exceptional texture and a saline finish, balanced and long.<\/p>\n"}]},{"vintage":"2016","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/garmon_ficha-ingles_2016.web_.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"93","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
Cropped from a cooler year, the 2016 Garm\u00f3n is fresher, cooler and juicier, with elegant and polished tannins. The process is similar every year, and the differences are mostly due to vintage variations, but in this vintage, they used a higher percentage of used barriques for the \u00e9levage (50\/50 new and used). 2016 is fresher, more elegant and a little lighter. It has a medium to full body and some grainy tannins. Give it a little more time before you pull the cork. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2018.<\/p>\n
Drink Date: 2019 – 2026<\/p>\n"},{"score":"96","publication":"Tim Atkin","abr_publication":"Tim Atkin","content":"
Mariano Garc\u00eda’s brilliant project gets its fruit from four different villages with altitudes up to 1,000 metres. This scented, deeply coloured cuve\u00e9 is floral, fresh and poised, with gratifuing freshness and potential. 2022-2035.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"92","publication":"Wine Spectator","abr_publication":"Wine Spectator","content":"
A polished texture carries focused flavors of black cherry, licorice, tar and mineral in this solid red. Sleek and crisp, this shows good definition. Drink now through 2028.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Vinous","abr_publication":"Vinous","content":"
Bright, youthful purple. A highly perfumed bouquet evokes an array of red and blue fruit, floral and exotic spice qualities, and vanilla and roasted coffee notes emerge as the wine opens up. Sappy, concentrated and seamless in texture, offering sweet boysenberry and cherry flavors and a touch of smokiness. Shows excellent clarity and a repeating vanilla note on the clinging finish, which is given shape by supple, harmonious tannins.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Wine Enthusiast","abr_publication":"Wine Enthusiast","content":"
A richly oaked nose is grainy and outright woody, with smoky blackberry notes and a hint of raisin filling in the cracks. A rough, drawing palate is tannic like nails, while this tastes of chocolaty black fruits. Intensity is a continuing theme maintained on a chocolaty finish that\u2019s dry and pounding in texture; drink from 2021\u20132035. \u2014M.S.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","content":"
Perfil de gran ribera, con noble fuerza y mucha finura. En su primera fase pero ya sugestivo; n\u00edtidos frutales, florales, tinta, madera de calidad, bals\u00e1micos. Cuerpo medio-alto, equilibrado, bien construido, sensaciones de solidez y frescura.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":"
Picota de capa alta con ribete viol\u00e1ceo. Profunda y fragante v\u00eda nasal, aromas de bayas silvestres, melocot\u00f3n, florales, chocolate, nuez moscada, canela, infusiones, tinta china, grafito, tierra h\u00fameda, caja de puros, s\u00e1ndalo, incienso… Potente, carnoso, estructurado, tanino maduro y aterciopelado recorrido. Persistente v\u00eda retronasal muy jugosa. Emociona.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"93","publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Pe\u00f1\u00edn","content":"
Color: cereza intenso. Aroma: fruta madura, hierbas secas, roble cremoso, piedra seca, fruta roja. Boca: potente, fruta madura, especiado, taninos maduros.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"95","publication":"Gu\u00eda Sevi","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Sevi","content":""},{"score":"94","publication":"Vivir el Vino","abr_publication":"Vivir el Vino","content":""}]},{"vintage":"2015","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/garmon_ficha_ingles_2015.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"92","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
The second vintage of the only wine produced here, the 2015 Garm\u00f3n is from a dry and warm vintage. It fermented by plot with a pied de cuve in stainless steel vats, where the wine also underwent malolactic fermentation. The \u00e9levage was in 225- and 500-liter French oak barrels and lasted some 16 months. There was a little more new oak in 2015, and the year delivered riper wines; they tried to compensate with more grapes from cooler zones within Ribera del Duero. It has some grainy tannins and a round, wide palate. It’s a more powerful vintage. 45,936 bottles and 1,768 magnums were filled in June 2017. Forty percent of the volume is exported.<\/p>\n
Drink Date:\u00a02018 – 2025<\/p>\n"},{"score":"95","publication":"Wine Enthusiast","abr_publication":"Wine Enthusiast","content":"
Bold aromas of flowers, ripe berries and cassis carry the exotic nose. This bottling from the renowned Garc\u00eda family is intense, tight and structured like a brick house. Boysenberry, blackberry and chocolaty oak are the most notable flavors, while this oozes coffeem toast and peppery spice on a hard-driving but focused finish. Drink from 2020-2038.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Wine & Spirits","abr_publication":"Wine & Spirits","content":""},{"score":"94","publication":"Vinous","abr_publication":"Vinous","content":"
Inky ruby. Powerful, mineral-accented blackberry and cherry cola aromas are complemented by suggestions of incense, vanilla and pungent flowers. Supple, sweet and impressively concentrated, offering lush black and blue fruit, spicecake, mocha and violet pastille flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Plush yet surprisingly lively in character, with a suave floral note and velvety tannins on an impressively long, sweet finish.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"92","publication":"Decanter","abr_publication":"Decanter","content":"
A relatively new wine from Mariano Garc\u00eda and his sons; the brand comes from a merger of their surnames. Made from 30 to 80 year-old Tempranillo, from a blend of vineyards. Very fine fruit expression with a rasp of tannin. Controlled and not at all overextracted.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","content":"
Con mucho car\u00e1cter, muy fino en la nariz y en\u00e9rgico en la boca. Fino, sutil, estilizado, con fresco car\u00e1cter frutal, notas florales, minerales y de tinta. Estructurado, equilibrado, cuerpo medio-alto, taninos firmes, fresca acidez, sabroso, amplio.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"98","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":"
Picota de capa alta con borde granate. Arom\u00e1tica y muy compleja v\u00eda nasal, recuerdos de fruta roja y negra en saz\u00f3n, paloduz, flores, cobertura de chocolate, infusiones, carb\u00f3n vegetal, romero, incienso, toffee, mentoles y crema inglesa. Aterciopelado, de gran frescura, muy frutal, en su recorrido quedan notas de frambuesas, caramelo de fresas \u00e1cidas, galleta de canela, vainilla, bals\u00e1micos, hierbas arom\u00e1ticas, tabaco, caja de puros, pasteler\u00eda, etc. V\u00eda retronasal llena de matices. Primario, elegante y envolvente.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"94","publication":"Vivir el vino","abr_publication":"Vivir el vino","content":""}]},{"vintage":"2014","testing_sheet":"https:\/\/www.garmoncontinental.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/ficha-de-cata-garmon-2014-ingles.pdf","reviews":[{"score":"92","publication":"Wine Advocate","abr_publication":"Wine Advocate","content":"
The first wine ever produced here is the 2014 Garm\u00f3n, pure Tempranillo from a diversity of villages all in the province of Burgos, La Aguilera, Moradillo or Ba\u00f1os-Tubilla. All grapes were destemmed and the wine aged in 50\/50 new and used French barriques for 16 months. It’s quite smoky (smoked bacon) with plenty of spices, generously oaked in general. The sweet spices are combined with sweet fruit, a sensation perceived mainly in the palate. I’d say it’s quite typical of the Mariano Garc\u00eda style, keeping the Tempranillo character of the grapes in the cooler zone of the appellation, perfumed and with some oak tannins to be resolved by some more time in bottle. This was produced in the Aalto winery, while they build their own space in the village of Olivares de Duero. 36,800 bottles and 500 magnums were filled in June 2016.<\/p>\n
Drink Date: 2018 – 2024<\/p>\n"},{"score":"92","publication":"Wine Spectator","abr_publication":"Wine Spectator","content":"
Loamy earth and black olive notes frame black plum and currant in this solid red. The muscular tannins are well-integrated, with toasty hints on the finish. Tempranillo. Drink now through 2029.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"97","publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Gourmets","content":"
Picota profundo con ribete viol\u00e1ceo. Intenso, complejo, aromas de zarzamoras, cassis, violetas, canela, nuez moscada, chocolate, bizcocho, grafito, bet\u00fan, romero, tomillo, incienso, s\u00e1ndalo, bosque umbr\u00edo, notas micol\u00f3gicas, tabaco de pipa… Potente, estructurado, envolvente recorrido, sensaciones de ar\u00e1ndanos, picotas, ciruelas maduras, cacao, especias dulces, paloduz, tierra h\u00fameda, minerales, caja de puros, mentoles, t\u00e9, ceniza de le\u00f1a… Persistente y largo final. Amplio y carnoso.<\/p>\n"},{"score":"96","publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","abr_publication":"Gu\u00eda Proensa","content":"
Fresco, fino, noble fuerza. Vivos recuerdos de frutos silvestres maduros, tonos discretos de crianza, toques minerales, florales y de tinta. Magn\u00edfico equilibrio, con cuerpo y nervio, taninos de calidad, sabroso, expresivo, sugestivo, amplio.<\/p>\n"}]}]}]},"yoast_head":"\n