Description
"At the crossroads of classicism and unpretentious cool, Landi and García have introduced a new audience – of both drinkers and collectors – to a finer side of Spanish wines."
- Ines Salpica (Decanter Magazine)
Perched at over 1,000 metres and wedged between massive granite boulders in the Sierra de Gredos, Rumbo al Norte is where Comando G’s vision hits its most extreme and precise point. The vineyard itself is barely more than a clearing in the rock - just 0.3 hectares of ancient Garnacha vines growing in pure quartz and granite, facing north, constantly battling the elements.
In 2021, the cold and late season played right into the vineyard’s hands. Fermented as whole bunches with nothing added, no tricks or shortcuts, and aged in a single 1,000-litre foudre, this is a wine made with patience and purpose. It’s not trying to impress with weight or ripeness - it’s about line, length, and laser-sharp expression of place.
Production is tiny, the wine uncompromising. It’s a hard vineyard to farm and an even harder wine to explain until you’ve tasted it. One of the purest and most focused wines in the Comando G stable.
100 points
"The 2021 Rumbo al Norte is the most complete of the vintage—bright, floral, mineral, and deeply complex. Energetic yet graceful, like a ballet dancer, with pungent flavors and sharp precision. From one of the most beautiful and spiritually resonant vineyards in Villanueva de Ávila. 1,333 bottles produced."
- Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)
99 points
"Quiet, pure, and flinty on the nose with subtle white pepper and rose. Feathery and light in form, yet intense in mineral depth. The endless finish tiptoes across the palate. Drinkable now, but will reward another 4–5 years of cellaring."
- Zekun Shuai (James Suckling)
Comando G
Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi and Fernando García Comando G
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For orders under this amount, delivery is calculated at checkout based on your postcode. You can order in any quantity or combination of wines you like. Straight dozens are not required.
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Estimated delivery transit time varies depending on your location. Please review this page for specific estimates.
Sydney (Our Vans): If no one is home and there are no special delivery instructions our driver will try to call for instructions. If the driver believes there is a safe space to leave your wine they will do so if not, they will return the item to us and hold your order until further instruction from you.
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Some things to keep in mind:
- Retrospective price-matching is available for 30 days after you have purchased from us.
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- We don't price match clearance or fire sales.
- We’ll match the listed price as long as it is a legitimate offer and the competing store is actually able to fulfil the order (they have stock or more stock is en route). Essentially we won't price match cheeky vendors listing wines they have no hope of actually getting for you...
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We'll treat each price match request on its merit and reserve the right to refuse where we deem fit. For example, particularly rare wines, from non-trust-worthy vendors, in circumstances we deem illegitimate or if we feel our policy is being unfairly taken advantage of.
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