Dominio de Es Carravilla 2024 en Primeur

Tasted as a very young barrel sample, the 2024 Carravilla comes from a south-facing plot on pure limestone soils with silt and sand in the village of Atauta, 0.27 hectares of vines at 935 meters in altitude that have been worked biodynamically since 2011. This year, it yielded 98% Tempranillo and only 2% Albillo, which fermented destemmed in oak vat with indigenous yeasts, had a 49-day maceration and has matured in two used Burgundian barrels since December 2024. I love the subtle aromatic profile, shy and reticent but super elegant and nuanced. This is the year when the wine shows the cooler profile of the vineyard. It has ripeness but also fantastic balance, and even if it's the one with the higher alcohol, it's only 13.77%. It reflects the light and the high content of limestone in the vineyard. It's still very young but looks really promising, and it could be the surprise of the year. He expects to bottle around 600 bottles at the end of the élevage. Bottling should not be until at least June 2026, depending on how the wines developed in the cooler cellar. (Luis Gutiérrez)