Frontonio: El Jardin de las Iguales Garnacha 2019

Parker über: El Jardin de las Iguales Garnacha

-- Parker: The red 2019 El Jardín de las Iguales Garnacha comes from a rare old vineyard, a north-facing slope with slate soils planted with Garnacha, but there's also some white grapes (Macabeo), all fermented with indigenous yeasts in 1,000-liter oak vats with 100% full clusters and a long maceration of 86 days. It matured in well-seasoned, neutral 456-liter oak barrels from the Hospices de Beaune for 14 months. It's very pale, subtle and elegant, more elegant and refined than the previous vintage, with some herbal aromas, hints of fennel, celery and curry and tons of flowers and herbs, more complex and deeper than the 2018 that I also retasted next to it. It's ethereal and has lots of light and energy, tons of elegance and with a level of refinement and precision that is moving. This wine is better each vintage, more Burgundian in 2019. I wonder what's going to happen in 2020 and 2021... Only 785 bottles were filled in April 2021. 98/100