95 pts WA: The 2021 Garnacha CDVIN is lighter and more floral than the rest of the range, with neatly integrated oak and a vibrant palate with a fine thread of acidity going through its core. It’s ripe at 14.5% alcohol, but you don’t feel it, and the wine comes through as balanced and fresh. It matured in 500-liter barrels for 14 months. 7,987 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2023.
95 pts JD: All Garnacha that was raised in 500-liter French puncheons, the 2021 Garnacha CDVIN has a ripe, up-front bouquet of red and black cherries, spring flowers, cedary oak, violets, and pepper. This carries to a pure, medium to full-bodied, balanced, and elegant red that has fine, polished tannins and a great finish. I love it today, yet it should evolve nicely over the coming decade or so.
