Vinos de Madrid Sierra de Gredos La Brena 1er Comando G 2023 (750ML)

For La Breña, Comando G ferments whole clusters with native yeasts in open-top oak vats and leaves the wine on its skins for a slow, gentle 60 days before 14 months in neutral 12- and 14-hectoliter French foudres. The fruit is Garnacha from a half-hectare parcel at 1,050 meters in the Sierra de Gredos, where 30- to 60-year-old bush vines root in granitic sand and silt and give small, thick-skinned berries. The estate, founded in 2008 by Fernando García and Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi, farms biodynamically. In 2023 the old vines ripened at a measured pace, holding on to their freshness. Garrigue and pine resin frame fleshy red and blue fruit; the tannins are firm but finely drawn, and the finish trails off into dried flowers, black olive and orange peel. Critics see it drinking from 2026. Roast quail, mushroom croquetas or Manchego bring out its wild side.