El Jardín de las Iguales Garnacha 2023

The nose of the 2023 El Jardín de las Iguales Garnacha is stunning and made me go back to the glass over and over again, as it kept changing and unfurling new layers every few minutes. It's perfumed and elegant, spicy à la Vosne-Romanée from the south, with aromas of wild flowers, red fruit freshness, aromatic herbs, curry, celery and even white flowers. It is long, complex and balanced, with very fine-boned, chalky tannins. It has contained ripeness and 12.5% alcohol. Weightless but with structure, power with elegance, it is the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove. This is the most complete, most elegant and finest vintage of this wine since they started. It should develop beautifully in bottle and for a very long time. 1,399 bottles, 60 magnums and three double magnums produced. It was bottled in July 2025. (Luis Gutiérrez)

This has aromas of dried hibiscus, red fruit, pomegranates and blood oranges. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with precise tannins that add definition, precise fruit and balanced acidity. Very elegant, almost ethereal. This comes from an old vineyard in Alpartir. Drink now or hold. (Jacobo García Andrade)