Comando G - Pena La Mora 1er Cru 2022 (Pre-arrival) (750ml)
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
A new lieu-dit or paraje red wine the 2022 Peña la Mora 1er was produced from old-vine Garnacha from 1.17 hectares at 1200 meters in altitude and a northern exposure on granite soils in the village of Navatalgordo. This is where El Tamboril is so it has some commonalities and is concentrated with some meaty notes yeasts and red cherries. It has the grainy somewhat Italian tannins from the Navatalgordo village with freshness that feels unusual for 2022. It's a wine with more intensity (from the cold it has more polyphenols) but the wine is also cooler reflecting the higher altitude. It takes time glass to open up in the glass. 4239 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2024. I tasted wines from 2022 (a more Mediterranean and intense year) and 2023 (a cooler year of elegance freshness and precision) with a perfect cool September and also rain that improved the quality of the year after a very warm August. 2022 is their last vintage of the El Reventón single-vineyard wine when they started planting new vines and building their new winery. 2023 is the first year vinified in the brand-new winery. There will be more changes in 2024: continuing the plantation of more vines downsizing (less regional wine and more village mostly from purchased grapes) and developing their farm in the estate around Rumbo al Norte. In 2022 they are extending the élevage of the single-vineyard crus Iruelas Umbrías Rey Moro and Rumbo al Norte. And they see the need for new projects in Gredos and to attract people to come and make wine in the region. They see it as a threat for the region. There are only 400 hectares in the DO Cebreros (42 hectares planted in the last five years nothing in the previous 40) but only 150 produced grapes last year. The Gredos region needs to be developed. Published: Nov 21 2024
