Canta la Perdiz Dominio del Aguila 2018

Dominio del Aguila Canta la Perdiz 2018 is a full-bodied, single-vineyard Winemaker Jorge Monzón, whose CV includes time at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Vega Sicilia, has quickly established a reputation for producing some of the finest terroir wines in the Ribera del Duero appellation. His riserva tinto is a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Bobal and the local white variety Albillo. Canta la Perdiz is a single-vineyard blend of Tempranillo, Cariñena, Bobal and Albillo. Each vintage is labelled to reflect the growing conditions of the year – the blue electric guitar for a cool vintage, the fiery piano for a warm one and a sweeping pink trumpet for one more moderate. "The 2018 Canta la Perdiz feels like a more rustic version of the 2016, with earthiness and abundant tannins and more backward than the approachable and juicy 2019 I tasted next to it. It fermented with full clusters and indigenous yeasts in concrete vats followed by a slow malolactic in barrel and 37 months in those barrels. The wine is still a little oaky, spicy and smoky, with good ripeness, 14.5% alcohol, good freshness and balance and abundant tannins that feel a little rustic. We`ll have to see how the wine develops in bottle. 1,365 bottles and 32 magnums were filled in November 2021." Luis Gutiérrez