El Hato y el Garabato De Buena Jera 2022

The 2022 De Buena Jera comes from a single vineyard, a plot that was planted 80 years ago at 730 meters above sea level on sandy granite soils, the soil most often found in their vineyards, with a field blend dominated by Juan García (around 85%) and then the myriad of other varieties, Bruñal, Bastardo, Puesta en Cruz, Mandón and, in this case, a larger proportion of Rufete. The full clusters fermented in plastic bins with indigenous yeasts and matured in used French oak barrels for 14 months. This is the red that shows more complexity, depth and nuance; it's floral, elegant and fine-boned, with fine minerality, focused, defined and clean, with a long finish. It comes in at 12% alcohol and has a pH of 3.64. Only 850 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2024.