Tres Patas 2019

The Garnacha 2019 Tres Patas was produced with grapes from eight vineyards in the village of El Real de San Vicente ranging from 60 to 64 years of age in the silty, limestone and granite soils and surrounded by junipers and oak trees. It fermented with 100% full clusters in 500-liter oak vats and aged in barrels of different sizes—500, 600 and 2,000 liters—for 11 to 12 months and blended after the élevage. It's ripe at 14.5% alcohol, reflecting a warm year, but it comes through as balanced and fresh. It has some grainy, chalky tannins. These are wines that benefit from time in bottle, and the 2019 is the current vintage in the market. 19,100 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2020.