Cantos del Diablo

The single-vineyard Garnacha 2022 Cantos del Diablo is from a plot in a lieu-dit that names the wine, the highest vineyard in the appellation Méntrida, in the village of El Real de San Vicente, a cooler place with better conditions to produced balanced wines and soils with a high content of silt. It has a sensation of high ripeness, notes of prunes and dark cherries with a dusty, wet chalk hint. It has 14.5% alcohol and integrated acidity, concentrated. It has abundant tannins, slightly dusty with a slight rusticity, which seems to be the signature of the year. 2,335 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2024, later than the other wines from the project, as this has a longer élevage of two winters.

The grapes for the 2020 Cantos del Diablo were picked a little earlier to avoid the rains, and the wine has a paler color than the 2021 I tasted next to it. It feels a little more reductive, and despite having very similar analytics, this is more about the palate with depth and length, while the 2021 is more aromatic and ethereal. This was vinified by Landi and is more in the Comando G style; the 2021 was vinified by Bareño, and the wine is more Fedellos. Different styles but similar (high) quality levels. 1,680 bottles and 40 magnums were filled in Mach 2022.