2022 Comando G Pena la Mora 1er Cru Garnacha

96 pts
Comando G |Sierra de Gredos
EXTREMELY LIMITED! A new high-altitude Garnacha from Comando G that brings depth, tension and serious long-game potential.

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Sale price$260.00
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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)

Perched at 1,200 metres in Navatalgordo, Peña la Mora is a new addition to the Comando G stable - and a serious one at that. It’s made from just over a hectare of old-vine Garnacha on granite soils, with a full north-facing aspect that brings real lift and definition, even in a warm year like 2022.

This is one of the darkest and most structured wines in the Comando G lineup - more polished than the wild edges of some of their older crus, but no less expressive. It’s got that signature Gredos energy and grip, with a chalky texture and pure red fruit that builds slowly in the glass.

It spent its elevage in large format oak, with just over 4,200 bottles made. Like many wines from this part of the mountains, it’s not out to impress on first pour - give it some air, or even better, a few years in the cellar.

96 points
"A vibrant, slightly glossy expression... grapefruit, minerals and berries with an engaging pepper note... plushness, fleshiness and polish... chalky, juicy finish. Pure, racy and long."
- Zekun Shuai (JamesSuckling.com)

95 points
"Concentrated, with some meaty notes, yeasts and red cherries... grainy, somewhat Italian tannins... freshness that feels unusual for 2022... takes time to open up in the glass."
- Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

96 points - "A vibrant, slightly glossy expression from Comando G full of grapefruit, minerals and berries with an engaging pepper note. Darker in color than most of the Comando G’s crus, it’s more comparable with the red El Tamboril. There seems to be a tad more plushness, fleshiness and polish, with minerally, reactive tannins and a chalky, juicy finish. Pure, racy and long. Drink or hold." - Zekun Shuai (JamesSuckling.com)

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 1,200 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. 4,239 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2024." - Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

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 96
95
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Cork

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