El Hato y el Garabato De Buena Jera 2018

The 2018 De Buena Jera was produced with the field blend of 85% Juan García and the rest Bruñal, Bastardo, Puesta en Cruz, Mandón and Rufete from clay-rich soils. It fermented in plastic bins with full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in used 225-liter French oak barrels for 14 months. It has 12.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.5. Somehow, the oak is more evident here than in the two single-vineyard wines that kind of replace it. It's spicy and a bit smoky, framed by the oak, even if the barrels where not younger than the ones used in the 2020s. 555 bottles were filled in February 2020.