Javier San Pedro Alpha de Cueva de Lobos Rioja 2020

- 93 Punkte Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Luis Gutierrez: "I find more freshness and better balance in the 2020 Cueva de Lobos Alpha compared with the 2019 I tasted next to it. But the house style is always for ripe and powerful wines, and this 2020 is 15% alcohol with a pH of 3.3, which means good freshness and balance in an XL way. 1,200 bottles produced. 2023-2029."

- 93 Punkte TIM ATKIN: „The vineyard that supplies this Laguardia Garnacha is both young and high, as it was planted at an extreme 720 metres as recently as 2015. Aged in new 500-litre barrels, it's herbal and slightly ferrous, with cranberry, redcurrant and wild strawberry fruit framed by attractive oak. Very promising. 2024-32“

BEWERTUNGEN FÜR JAHRGANG 2019:
- 93 Punkte James Suckling für Jahrgang 2019: "Attractive nose of stemmy cherries, white pepper and wild boysenberries. A very pretty, naturally concentrated garnacha with intense strawberry and cherry fruit, framed in a medium-to-full-bodied palate with very tight and polished tannins. Drinkable now, but better after 2023."

- 94 Punkte Tim Atkin MW, Rioja Report 2022: "Cueva de Lobos is a young, 0.5-hectare parcel of Garnacha, located at a pretty chilly 720 metres of altitude in Laguardia. Matured in a combination of new and four-year-old barrels, it's a wonderfully fresh, textured red with appealing zip and precision, well-handled oak, tangy minerality and filigree tannins. Very exciting. 2024-31."