2018 Pegaso Granito, Telmo Rodríguez, Sierra de Gredos, Spain
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Grenache
- Luis Gutiérrez
- 95/100
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Description
This serious wine has an intense, dark cherry colour and a fine, dark-fruited nose of blackberries and elderberries with a lifted top note of sage. It is a ‘dark’ Garnacha, all savoury, like tasting granite, with delicate touches of dried coriander spice and a powerful, downward-focused energy. The palate is fine and elegant, yet full of that dark fruit and savoury minerality, almost like tasting pure terroir.
Its powerful character might have been overwhelming, yet it is fabulously fresh with sophisticated, supple tannins. The sweet fruit has a lovely, mouthcoating element that completely offsets a complex note of bitter herbs and mocha. It is still tight and restrained at this stage and has a long way ahead of it, with plenty of time to relax and unwind. Extremely impressive.
Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd
Critics reviews
3,872 bottles were filled in July 2020.
It's always interesting to compare the 2018 Pegaso Granito with the one produced with grapes from schist-rich soils, especially when they are from one of the finest vintages in Gredos in recent times. It fermented in stainless steel and oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in 500- and 600-litre French oak barrels for 18 months. This has very good ripeness but without excess and is a little closed and austere. It has the cold sensation of the granite. It's very balanced and should develop nicely in bottle. This is one step up from the previous years.
Drink 2021 - 2028
About this wine
Cebreros
Perched on the granite slopes of Ávila, Cebreros is a small but remarkable wine region where altitude, soil, and climate converge to create wines of precision and finesse. Here, Tempranillo reds develop a vibrant structure with bright red fruit and subtle mineral undertones, while Albillo Real whites offer delicate aromatics and crisp acidity.