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2011 Comando G, Vinos de Madrid, Rumbo Norte

Regular price $505
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2011 Comando G, Vinos de Madrid, Rumbo Norte

2011 Comando G, Vinos de Madrid, Rumbo Norte

Regular price $505
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Daniel Landi and Fernando Garcia, two friends and vignerons are reimagining what it means to produce Spanish Garnacha, sourcing from old-vine, high-altitude vineyards in the Sierra de Gredos mountains. Their bottlings have quickly become highly collectible as their examples of Garnacha are perhaps the most pure this side of Chateau Rayas.

Comando G

Just an hour from the capital city of Madrid, in the foothills of the rugged Sierra de Gredos mountain range, two friends and vignerons are reimagining what it means to produce Spanish Garnacha. Daniel Landi and Fernando Garcia, both from respected winemaking families, combined forces and began seeking out vineyards in the remote, barely accessible sites of the Gredos mountain range. The outcome: Grenaches with beautiful fruit concentration, rich texture, and balance of alcohol and acidity. At their best, these wines can evoke comparisons with the best Grenaches of Southern Rhone (dare I say, Rayas?) and bring out the perfect combination of fruit, spice, savory, earthy, and mineral quality for incredible depth.

Daniel was born into a winemaking family but had higher aspirations, literally and figuratively: he and his school friend Fernando sought out some of the most extreme vineyards in the Sierra de Gredos mountain ranges, old, wrought vines that could showcase the true potential of Garnacha and change the world's view of the grape as it stood in Spain. 

While Grenache is widely known to us in the states, you could probably count on one hand the producers known to make transcendent examples; those are the very producers who Daniel and Fernando drank for inspiration, for a guide to what they wanted. Beyond that, they focused on other wines from France and Italy that showcased their origins with impeccable class, hoping to unlock that thought of "terroir" in their homeland. 

In the high-altitude, thin-soiled, old-vine plots the duo have staked their name on, the air is cooler, and the sandy, granite-based soils provide a freshness to the wines unseen in examples from vineyards in the valleys beneath. There is density, sure, and great complexity, but the airy essence of the final juice heightens all of its other facets, allowing us to see Garnacha as it was intended to be seen, smelled and drunk. 

Meet the Producer

Comando G

Daniel Landi and Fernando Garcia, two friends and vignerons are reimagining what it means to produce Spanish Garnacha, sourcing from old-vine, high-altitude vineyards in the Sierra de Gredos mountains. Their bottlings have quickly become highly collectible as their examples of Garnacha are perhaps the most pure this side of Chateau Rayas.

Just an hour from the capital city of Madrid, in the foothills of the rugged Sierra de Gredos mountain range, two friends and vignerons are reimagining what it means to produce Spanish Garnacha. Daniel Landi and Fernando Garcia, both from respected winemaking families, combined forces and began seeking out vineyards in the remote, barely accessible sites of the Gredos mountain range. The outcome: Grenaches with beautiful fruit concentration, rich texture, and balance of alcohol and acidity. At their best, these wines can evoke comparisons with the best Grenaches of Southern Rhone (dare I say, Rayas?) and bring out the perfect combination of fruit, spice, savory, earthy, and mineral quality for incredible depth.

Daniel was born into a winemaking family but had higher aspirations, literally and figuratively: he and his school friend Fernando sought out some of the most extreme vineyards in the Sierra de Gredos mountain ranges, old, wrought vines that could showcase the true potential of Garnacha and change the world's view of the grape as it stood in Spain. 

While Grenache is widely known to us in the states, you could probably count on one hand the producers known to make transcendent examples; those are the very producers who Daniel and Fernando drank for inspiration, for a guide to what they wanted. Beyond that, they focused on other wines from France and Italy that showcased their origins with impeccable class, hoping to unlock that thought of "terroir" in their homeland. 

In the high-altitude, thin-soiled, old-vine plots the duo have staked their name on, the air is cooler, and the sandy, granite-based soils provide a freshness to the wines unseen in examples from vineyards in the valleys beneath. There is density, sure, and great complexity, but the airy essence of the final juice heightens all of its other facets, allowing us to see Garnacha as it was intended to be seen, smelled and drunk. 


The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

93

The 2011 Rumbo al Norte comes from a vineyard in the tiny mountain village of Navarrevisca, in the province of Ávila. The 60-year-old vines are planted at 1,200 meters altitude. The grapes from the 0.3 hectares of north-facing vineyards were fermented in open barriques with indigenous yeasts after a gentle maceration, then aged 12 months in 500-liter French oak barrels. It feels quite different, with notes of a Bloody Mary, tomato juice, shoe polish and aromatic herbs, accented by a touch of bay leaf and perhaps basil. It's a wine that changes tremendously with air, and is even better the day after you open it. It feels a little riper and fuller than other vintages and develops notes of black olives and tobacco on the second day. Only 1,100 bottles were produced.

Vinous

Vinous

94

Deep red with a bright rim. Explosively perfumed aromas of resh red berries, potpourri, sandalwood and smoky minerals. Powerful yet lithe, offering sweet raspberry and rose pastille flavors and suggestions of allspice, cola and blood orange. Strikingly pure and energetic on the floral finish, which features silky tannins and a whiplash of sweet red fruit.

What the Critics are Saying

The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

93

The 2011 Rumbo al Norte comes from a vineyard in the tiny mountain village of Navarrevisca, in the province of Ávila. The 60-year-old vines are planted at 1,200 meters altitude. The grapes from the 0.3 hectares of north-facing vineyards were fermented in open barriques with indigenous yeasts after a gentle maceration, then aged 12 months in 500-liter French oak barrels. It feels quite different, with notes of a Bloody Mary, tomato juice, shoe polish and aromatic herbs, accented by a touch of bay leaf and perhaps basil. It's a wine that changes tremendously with air, and is even better the day after you open it. It feels a little riper and fuller than other vintages and develops notes of black olives and tobacco on the second day. Only 1,100 bottles were produced.

Vinous

Vinous

94

Deep red with a bright rim. Explosively perfumed aromas of resh red berries, potpourri, sandalwood and smoky minerals. Powerful yet lithe, offering sweet raspberry and rose pastille flavors and suggestions of allspice, cola and blood orange. Strikingly pure and energetic on the floral finish, which features silky tannins and a whiplash of sweet red fruit.