2019 El Jardín de Las Iguales Macabeo
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The white 2019 El Jardín de las Iguales Macabeo comes from their iconic old vineyard planted that was in 1890 and is in transition to be certified organic in 2022. It has similar parameters as those from the 2020 that I tasted next to it, with just a tad more freshness and acidity. 2019 was a very complete vintage in the zone, when they picked the grapes on September 6, delivering low yields and powerful wines. This is more austere and less Burgundian (more Jura?); it has less fat and is slimmer, with more tension and nice balance. It has complexity and notes of iodine, lemon peel and pollen. It finishes with a salty twist. Only 802 bottles were filled in April 2021.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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Full bottle with hard wax top 1,353 g. Bottle 131 of 802. Rich-yet-tense nose with exciting acidity as well as lemon and hawthorn flavours on the deep-flavoured and extremely tense palate. No shortage of precision and acidity. Pure and such a great testament to Macabeo/Viura potential. Reminds me of Le Soula and similar across the border in Roussillon. Wonderfully long and complex with great potential for ageing. Thank you, Fernando Mora MW, for showing what uncelebrated corners of Spain can do. But there is such pronounced acidity that I can see why Mora has been slow to release this. (JR)