Abadia Retuerta Pago Negralada Tempranillo 2012

Professional Ratings

• 93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The single vineyard Tempranillo is the 2012 Pago Negralada, a plot at 760 meters altitude on deep gravel soils covered with sand; it is a relatively warm soil that provides good homogeneous ripeness of the grapes, vintage after vintage. As with all of the single vineyards, it fermented with indigenous yeasts and went through malolactic fermentation in brad new French oak barrels, where it had an upbringing of 18 months before bottling after a clarification with egg whites. I found the character of orange peel that I frequently saw in the Ribera del Duero reds in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with some rusticity and a little dustiness, with character. There are fine-grained tannins, good balance and a dusty texture that fills your mouth. It has very good balance and it will age nicely. 5,700 bottles, 275 magnums and 18 double magnums were filled from the 22 barrels in one single lot on June 17th 2014.
• 91 James Suckling
  Plenty of blueberry, dried strawberry and floral aromas and flavors. Full body, silky tannins and a long and flavorful finish. 100% tempranillo. Drink or hold.
• 90 Wine Spectator
  This solid red shows more structure than flavor, with chewy tannins masking the tar, meat and black olive notes. A savory style, closed for now, but with serious density. Best from 2018 through 2030.