Mataquemada 2021
Descripción
El nuevo tinto de cepas viejas de Garnacha de El Escocés Volante tiene su cuna en Torrijo de la Cañada. La singularidad de este terruño radica en su ubicación a casi 1.000 metros de altitud y en sus suelos de pizarra que permiten a las uvas madurar más lenta y gradualmente. Luis Gutiérrez, crítico de The Wine Advocate, asemejó esta primera añada "a un Barolo Chinato con toneladas de hierbas aromáticas e hinojo". Todo un hallazgo de producción muy limitada.
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Opinión de los críticos
The village of Torrijo de la Cañada, close to the province of Soria, used to produce 3 million
kilos of grapes but only four Garnacha vineyards now remain. Planted in 1970 at 950m on
slate, this parcel is Garnacha Tinta co-planted with 10% Provechón (Bobal) and Garnacha
Blanca. Norrel Robertson MW ferments with 40% whole bunch and the wine spends around
11 months in two flex tank eggs. With aromas of mountain herbs, balsamic notes and
petrichor, the wine is elegant and direct with a red cherry core. A wonderfully unique and
profound wine that expresses the rugged freshness of the wilds of Calatayud. 2024 - 2027
The nose of the 2021 Mataquemada is an explosion of thyme and other aromatic herbs and spices, developing acute notes of nutmeg, Jamaica pepper and other exotic spices. The wine portrays the palest ruby color from all the wines I tasted from El Escocés Volante. This is the wildest wine in the portfolio, from the highest-altitude vineyards they work with, at 980 meters in altitude; it's from 0.95 hectares in a plot in the village of Torrijos de la Cañada planted with a field blend of Garnacha with some 10% other varieties (Provechón/Bobal, Garnacha Blanca...). It fermented with 40% full clusters, as it's a longer-cycle vineyard and there's more lignification of the stems here; the higher percentage of stems gives a special sapid twist in the palate. It's showy, expressive, nuanced, floral, elegant, fresh and ethereal but with lots of energy and light, a wine of power and finesse and lots of aromatic complexity. Superb. The vineyard is so isolated that by the time they harvest the grapes, the animals have eaten their share, so they only produced 1,200 bottles. It was bottled in March 2023.
This is so characterful with a lot of crushed berries, spices, smoked herbs, anisette, ground peppercorns, cured meat, iodine and sea shells. Medium- to full-bodied. So much tension and vibrancy to the fruit. Complex and long. Beautiful and delicious. 85% garnacha blended with other grapes. 40% whole bunch. Planted in 1970. 0.95 hectares. Drink or hold.
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Una auténtica maravilla.Repetido,aún mejor!!!Más de 4.Vuelto a repetir18/10/24 excelente incluso con mejillones al vapor de cerveza tostada