2020 RICO NUEVO BARRERA DE SOL
"There are some toasty, smoky and lactic notes in the 2020 Barrera de Sol, their Garnacha from the paraje El Zaudejo, between the villages of Burgohondo and Navatalgordo. It's a southeast-facing plot at 900 to 1,000 meters in altitude, and the soils are sandy down to 1.8 meters, where you find the granite mother rock. This is the one wine that matures 100% in foudre and barrique. It's perfumed and feels quite different from the other wines that are mostly unoaked. There's limited ripeness, and the wine feels finer-boned than previous vintages; the tannins are very fine, and there is a clear imprint from the granite soils in the texture." Luis Gutiérrez Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 93 points Drink 2024-29