Mancuso Garnacha 2020

Another really beautiful and profound Garnacha from Jorge Nevascués’ 60 year old vines in Almonacid de la Sierra at 700m. Vines here are grown mostly on slate and lime clay soils. Jorge ferments with indigenous yeast and around 50% whole bunch. The wine then spends 12 months aging, a third in used 500L barrels and the rest in cement. Violet and orange peel on the nose with exuberant blueberry fruit and just enough grip, this is a deliciously accessible yet complex wine. 2024 - 2026

The 2019 Mancuso was produced with head-pruned and dry-farmed Garnacha grapes that are over 60 years old and comes from three plots: one on slate soils, one on clay, stones and sand and one on clay and limestone. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and matured mostly in underground concrete vats, with part of the volume aged in 500-liter oak barrels. There is a complex nose of flowers, herbs and spices with a Mediterranean twist of esparto grass, turning more floral with time in the glass, more and more perfumed. It's medium to full-bodied with fine-grained tannins and a long, dry finish. This is better than the 2018; there's more freshness and finesse. Beautiful. 7,000 bottles were filled in September 2021.

Aromas of dark cherries, dark plums, coconut, toffee and dried herbs. Full-bodied with chalky tannins. Round, ripe and textured. Drink now.