Wine Advocate: 96 Points
The village 2023 Villanueva from Villanueva de Ávila is stunning very aromatic and floral combined with minerality coming through as more complete and with complexity elegance and great length. The nose could remind you of a red from Chambolle-Musigny. They do not use sulfur until bottling keeping the balance between precision and character. It has an ethereal side with notes of watermelon rose hip and hibiscus with a strong mineral wet-granite sensation. It has energy with precision. This is a bargain for the quality it delivers. 3972 bottles were filled in August 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
James Suckling: 95 Points
This shows a very delicate airy nose of botanicals ginseng smoke agave elderberries chalk and blood oranges. A round supple palate with delicate citrus flavors and some herbs and berries. So refined with lightly chalky tannins. Effortless pale in color and irresistible. Drink now.
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