Garmón, Ribera del Duero

 Arguably the most talented and lauded winemaker in all of Spain, Mariano García (former winemaker at Vega Sicilia) teamed up with his two sons to launch the Garmón Continental winery in 2014. With four vintages under their belt, this is one of the hottest new properties in all of Castilla y Léon. This 100% Tempranillo is produced from a selection of 30 to 80-year-old vines grown on small plots in the eastern part of the Ribera del Duero. The García family embarked on new plantings in the highly desirable sub-zones of Valbuena and Olivares de Duero in 2018. We’re talking extreme high-altitude grape growing with plantings ranging between 2,790 to 3,300 feet. The project is committed to ancestral viticulture of small-scale, old, sparsely grown vineyards and native clones. The result is a harmoniously blend of elegance, power, and refinement. The 2017 dishes out powerful mineral-laced blackberry, blueberry, and dark cherry notes that are complemented by vanilla, wood smoke, incense, viole