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VDG0518RW
Cuesta del Tejar
2018
Gredos
Organic Farming
Wild yeasts
Low Sulphur
Vegan

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The wine region of Sierra de Gredos, about a 90 minute drive west of Madrid, is found around its namesake mountain range where it enjoys a warm continental climate at around 650-1200 meters high. Here its ancient winemaking culture has been reawakened by a new young crowd making their mark on the international wine scene. Predominantly growing organically with no added yeasts and using huge oak barrels and tinajas (clay jars), they make wines from old vine Garnaha and Albillo in sandy, slate and granitic soil. Though the Garnacha here tends to be more acidic and tannic, having evolved on these higher granitic soils they age well and can have an ethereal, almost Burgundian finesse, developing tertiary notes of forest floor and mushrooms.

Ruben Diaz is born and bred in Cebreros, Avila, one of the principal villages at the forefront of the Gredos wine reawakening. And he, like his much more celebrated and better known peer Dani Landi, is one of the emblematic winemakers of the area. He believes that Garnacha is a part of his DNA. It was back in 1999 when the rights to their land were about to be sold that Ruben went to check out the vines. He's never been involved but studied, learnt from others and fell in love with Gredos Garnacha. He is interested in keeping wine keeping as it has been done for 100's of years , with minimal intervention to truly express the exact state of the soil, the winemaker, the vineyard and the weather to the glass. He doesn't use a single non-organic solution. "I'm happy with my work, and they say that it always shows in the results".

Tasting note: Dark; powerful and dry nose (the fruit takes time to show itself) with dusty black fruit; slate / black minerality; violets and perfumed fruit. Very fine tannins with notes of game; blackberries; black pepper; sweet spice and an intense long finish full of mouth-watering acidity.
Winemaking Detail: 82 year old vines. Destemmed and very gently pressed and lightly extracted. Fermented in SST at 26 degrees. Lees decanted; temperature stabilisation and bottled without filtering.
Features Blackberry Capiscum Violets Mineral Dusty

Features Blackberry, Capiscum, Dusty, Good Tannins, Mineral, Violets,
Tasting note Dark, powerful and dry nose (the fruit takes time to show itself) with dusty black fruit, slate / black minerality, violets and perfumed fruit. Very fine tannins with notes of game, blackberries, black pepper, sweet spice and an intense long finish full of mouth-watering acidity.
Drink with
Beef Wellington, Hard cheese, Venison,

Wine details

Country Spain
Region Gredos
Producer Vinadores de Gredos
Wine Name Cuesta del Tejar
Colour Red
Style Dry & Classic
Vintage 2018
Main Grape Garnacha
Other Grapes
Size 75cl
Closure Cork
A.B.V. 0.145
Production 2300
Aging 9 months in 3rd use French Oak with fine lees
Soil Shistous slope
Time to drink Now - 2035
Winemaking Detail 82 year old vines. Destemmed and very gently pressed and lightly extracted. Fermented in SST at 26 degrees. Lees decanted, temperature stabilisation and bottled without filtering.

VDG0518RW
Vinadores de Gredos
Cuesta del Tejar
2018
Gredos
Organic Farming
Wild yeasts
Low Sulphur
Vegan

The wine region of Sierra de Gredos, about a 90 minute drive west of Madrid, is found around its namesake mountain range where it enjoys a warm continental climate at around 650-1200 meters high. Here its ancient winemaking culture has been reawakened by a new young crowd making their mark on the international wine scene. Predominantly growing organically with no added yeasts and using huge oak barrels and tinajas (clay jars), they make wines from old vine Garnaha and Albillo in sandy, slate and granitic soil. Though the Garnacha here tends to be more acidic and tannic, having evolved on these higher granitic soils they age well and can have an ethereal, almost Burgundian finesse, developing tertiary notes of forest floor and mushrooms.

Ruben Diaz is born and bred in Cebreros, Avila, one of the principal villages at the forefront of the Gredos wine reawakening. And he, like his much more celebrated and better known peer Dani Landi, is one of the emblematic winemakers of the area. He believes that Garnacha is a part of his DNA. It was back in 1999 when the rights to their land were about to be sold that Ruben went to check out the vines. He's never been involved but studied, learnt from others and fell in love with Gredos Garnacha. He is interested in keeping wine keeping as it has been done for 100's of years , with minimal intervention to truly express the exact state of the soil, the winemaker, the vineyard and the weather to the glass. He doesn't use a single non-organic solution. "I'm happy with my work, and they say that it always shows in the results".

Tasting note: Dark; powerful and dry nose (the fruit takes time to show itself) with dusty black fruit; slate / black minerality; violets and perfumed fruit. Very fine tannins with notes of game; blackberries; black pepper; sweet spice and an intense long finish full of mouth-watering acidity.
Winemaking Detail: 82 year old vines. Destemmed and very gently pressed and lightly extracted. Fermented in SST at 26 degrees. Lees decanted; temperature stabilisation and bottled without filtering.
Features Blackberry Capiscum Violets Mineral Dusty

Features Blackberry, Capiscum, Dusty, Good Tannins, Mineral, Violets,
Tasting note Dark, powerful and dry nose (the fruit takes time to show itself) with dusty black fruit, slate / black minerality, violets and perfumed fruit. Very fine tannins with notes of game, blackberries, black pepper, sweet spice and an intense long finish full of mouth-watering acidity.
Drink with
Beef Wellington, Hard cheese, Venison,

Wine details

Country Spain
Region Gredos
Producer Vinadores de Gredos
Wine Name Cuesta del Tejar
Style Dry & Classic
Vintage 2018
Main Grape Garnacha
Other Grapes
Size 75cl
Closure Cork
A.B.V. 0.145
Production 2300
Aging 9 months in 3rd use French Oak with fine lees
Soil Shistous slope
Time to drink Now - 2035
Winemaking Detail 82 year old vines. Destemmed and very gently pressed and lightly extracted. Fermented in SST at 26 degrees. Lees decanted, temperature stabilisation and bottled without filtering.