Baynos 2020

The red 2020 Baynos wants to be the expression of the soils of Baños de Ebro, where the soils are poor and rich in clay where they have small plots. For them, this wine is about aromatic depth and delicate red fruit with persistence, silky tannins, tension and freshness. It's Tempranillo and Graciano with 14% alcohol and a pH of 3.7 from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards in the process of being certified organic. The destemmed and uncrushed grapes fermented in concrete with indigenous yeasts, where it also underwent malolactic fermentation, and the wine was transferred to new and used 228-liter French oak barrels where it matured for 20 months. It's surprisingly aromatic with notes of licorice, red fruit and flowers, with structure and finesse, a serious red with fresh and fine tannins, volume, concentration and very good freshness. Balance, finesse and power. 2020 was concentrated by mildew, so I look forward to the 2021 that I sampled from barrel and which had even more freshness. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2022.

A dozen different plots in Baños de Río Ebro, most of them close to Elciego, supply the fruit for this brilliant first release from Bodegas Mauro. Pairing Tempranillo with 10% Graciano and 5% Viura, it's fresh, detailed and perfumed, with plum and black cherry fruit, very subtle oak, a twist of liquorice, filigree tannins and a fresh, chalky finish. 2024-32