Finca Genoveva Caíño 2018

The red 2018 Finca Genoveva Caíño was produced with the ancient vines from an inland property that delivers characterful wines. The destemmed grapes fermented with indigenous yeasts in open-top barrels with a 15-day maceration, and the wine matured in a 1,500-liter oak foudre. It's subtle, herbal, with notes of moss and wet stones, somehow balsamic and a little minty, with something that took me to a Cabernet Franc from the Loire. This is still very young and tender, but there is great depth, detail and elegance, and it should develop nicely in bottle. It's very balanced and harmonious. Maybe I'm going a little crazy, but I see less varietal character here and more sense of place... 2,000 bottles were filled in February 2020.