Comando G Peña La Mora, 1er Tinto, 2022

Austere and elegant, fresh red fruits and raspberry and cherry and hints of violets and pepper. Salinity gives a beautiful freshness, medium body and good structure, well integrated tannins with a long and persistent finish. Gorgeous. 

Country: Spain  Region: Gredos Grape: Garnacha

ABV: 14.5%   Bottle Size: 75cl Biodynamic, Organic, Vegan

Additional Information: Dani Gomez Jiménez-Landi and Fernando García of Comando G are producing some of Spain’s most sought-after and finessed wines.

Both from Gredos, Dani and Fernando forged a friendship while studying viticulture at the University of Madrid. Comando G was established in 2008 as a result of their mutual passion for indigenous old vines and to demonstrate the region’s potential.

Reviving abandoned, high-altitude vineyards in the Gredos Mountains west of Madrid, the pair biodynamically farm 10ha of Garnacha and Albillo by hand and with the aid of horses. 

Fermented with native yeasts in open-top casks and matured in a combination of oak barrels, foudres, and clay amphorae, Comando G produce eight red cuvées structured around Burgundy’s cru system.

Offering a beautiful balance between generosity and restraint, the portfolio starts with the exceptional value ‘La Bruja’ at ‘village’ level, moving up to 1er Crus ‘Las Rozas’ and ‘La Brena’, and six ‘Grand Cru’ single vineyards: ‘El Reventon’, ‘Las Iruelas’, ‘Tumba del Rey Moro’, ‘Las Umbrías’, ‘El Tamboril’, and ‘Rumbo al Norte’. Aged under flor, ‘Camino del Pilar’ is a spellbinding sherry-like Albillo tasting of nuts and pears.

New bottling for 2022, an old vine plot from Navaltalgordo, with vines on average 75 years old. Soil is granite and sand with a high level of quartz. 

Gentle maceration for two months, 16 months in large oak and concrete vats.