2021 Comando G La Bruja de Rozas Garnacha
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2021 Comando G La Bruja de Rozas Garnacha

Sierra de Gredos, SPAIN
$47. 99
Bottle
$575.88 Dozen
ABV: 14%
Closure: Cork

It’s time to leave your preconceptions at the door, as Comando G produce Garnacha (Grenache) unlike anyone else in Spain. Comando G’s Daniel Landi and Fernando Garcia craft Garnacha up in the near inaccessible hills of the Sierra de Gredos mountains which are miles away (figuratively and literally) from the dark, powerful, brooding wines of Priorat that hit the scene 20 years or so ago. These are a different breed of Garnacha, light, ethereal, built on tension and finesse. There’s no lack of concentration however, and they have much more in common with high-end Burgundy than what you would normally associate with Spain. Word is well and truly out on these special wines, with demand far outstripping supply and prices skyrocketing on the secondary market.

Other Reviews....
The 2021 La Bruja de Rozas is their edgiest and most austere mineral and soil-driven version of their entry-level red. It's herbal, with no concession for fruit, and it has electricity and grip. It's a good preview of what's to come from 2021. It has a lot of 2018 and 2016 characteristics, a cool summer, a year with rain and even some during harvest that complicated matters and made them lose some grapes, but there's more grip, more minerality, more depth, layers and subtleness. It needs time in the glass, and my guess is that at age eight it's going to reach an outstanding level. A grown-up Bruja, it’s more for soil fanatics than the general public, and it’s one to lay down in your cellar (by the case) while you drink your 2020s. Drink 2024 - 2030.
95 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Jun 01, 2023)

Plenty of fruit here with wild strawberries, red cherries and stones with a hint of watermelon and white pepper. Excellent, grippy structure on the palate with a medium body and a long, airy finish. Garnacha. Delicious now, but can hold, too.
94 points
James Suckling