Alberto Nanclares A Graña

The 2020 A Graña has a more fruit-driven nose and a round palate, perhaps because it has retained some five grams of residual sugar and the wine has less acidity. It might have had some partial malolactic. 1,200 bottles were produced. It feels like a 2020 nose and a 2019 palate.

Tasted blind. I find a hint of reduction (gunflint) and a very young nose. When it opens up it shows lots of ripe peach and wet stones. Very sharp acidity, crisp texture and long finish. The fruit expression is lovely but a bit extreme in style (sharp). I like it but I understand that it might not be everybody’s cup of tea.