Malpuesto

The aromatic and floral 2021 Malpuesto showed the freshness of the year. It's heady, aromatic and ripe at 14.8% alcohol. It was also generously oaked; it spent 12 months in brand-new 500-liter French oak barrels of very good quality. This is modern and ripe. Give it some more time in bottle. 7,156 bottles and 25 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2023.

The showy 2020 Malpuesto, from the zone of the same name in Villabuena de Álava, comes in a huge Burgundy bottle, but the wine feels more proportioned than ever, with much better integrated oak and contained ripeness and extraction. It has 14.63% alcohol and good freshness and balance, juicy, round and with a vibrant mouthfeel that finishes with some spicy oak notes that should integrate over the next couple of years. The élevage was shortened to 12 months in barrel. 6,876 bottles and 100 magnums were filled in July 2020.