2022 Comando G El Tamboril Garnacha

97 pts
Comando G |Sierra de Gredos
EXTREMELY LIMITED! A brooding, tightly wound Garnacha from the Gredos heights – built for the long haul, and made in vanishingly small quantities.

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Sale price$450.00
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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)

The 2022 El Tamboril Tinto is one of the more elusive and serious wines in Comando G’s already tightly held lineup. It’s grown high up on decomposed granite in the Sierra de Gredos, then treated with extreme care in the cellar – fermented with the lightest of infusions (some juice fermented without skins), and matured for 18 months in a single 10,000L Stockinger foudre.

This is Garnacha, but not as you know it. No flash, no fat, no obvious fruit. It’s incredibly coiled right now – all powdery tannin, mineral drive and latent energy. The team reckons the 2016 is just hitting its stride in 2024, so this one will reward serious patience. There’s a little spice and cream from élevage, but it’s all tucked into a dry, firm, almost architectural frame.

Only 1,334 bottles were made, and as with all things Comando G, blink and it’ll be gone.

97+ points
"The nose and palate of the 2022 El Tamboril Tinto are really tight... tons of fine tannins, giving it a powdery, dry texture... a super infusion with even less extraction... needs time in bottle."
- Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

96 points
"Something saucy, gamey and hot stone-like on the nose... racy with dark minerals, mussel shells, citrus and red and black berries... vertical and structured... tannins are well polished."
- Zekun Shuai (JamesSuckling.com)

97+ points - "The nose and palate of the 2022 El Tamboril Tinto are really tight; it's a wine that needs more time (they reckon the 2016 is the one drinking well in 2024). It has a lot of energy and still has some creaminess and spiciness (from the élevage?). It has tons of fine tannins, giving it a powdery, dry texture. It fermented in concrete and oak, trying not to extract, fermenting with some juice without skins, a super infusion with even less extraction than the others as it has natural power. It matured in a 10,000-liter Stockinger oak foudre. 1,334 bottles and 30 magnums were filled in May 2024. This is the wine in the portfolio that needs time in bottle." - Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

96 points - "El Tamboril speaks with its uniqueness, and there is often something saucy, gamey and hot stone-like on the nose. In fact, the red El Tamboril often shows the deepest color among the Comando G wines. It reminds me of a fine Barolo in many ways. It’s racy with dark minerals, mussel shells, citrus and red and black berries. The palate is vertical and structured, and the tannins are well polished. There is a lot to like about this wine. If you think Comando G’s wines are too delicate, this might be the one to try. Drink or hold." - Zekun Shuai (JamesSuckling.com)

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Country Spain
Region Sierra de Gredos
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
James Suckling
Critic Score 97
96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Cork

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