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Bernabeleva, Vinos de Madrid Arroyo Del Tortolas, 2022

Red Wine from Other Spain, Spain
by Bernabeleva
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What is this wine?

Bernabeleva is one of the leading estates in the Sierra de Gredos, outside Madrid, specializing in high-altitude old-vine Garnacha. Arroyo del Tórtolas comes from a single parcel of 70+ year-old vines planted on sandy granite soils at around 750m elevation. The 2022 vintage continues the estate’s hallmark style: fresh, terroir-driven Garnacha with Burgundy-like finesse.

Why get this wine?

This is not your typical Garnacha—far from the ripe, heavy style many expect. Instead, Bernabeleva’s old vines and careful, low-intervention winemaking deliver elegance, lift, and minerality. Arroyo del Tórtolas is one of their flagship single-vineyard wines, showing the unique expression of Gredos terroir. A must-try for fans of fine Pinot Noir or Cru Beaujolais looking to explore Spain’s most exciting wine region.

What does this wine taste like?

Silky and medium-bodied with red cherry, wild strawberry, and blood orange notes. Underneath the fruit lies crushed granite minerality, dried herbs, and a hint of spice. The 2022 vintage is especially pure and vibrant, with fine tannins and a long, elegant finish.

When should you drink this wine?

Drink now with roast chicken, grilled lamb, or mushroom dishes, but it will reward 5–8 years of cellaring as it gains savory complexity. Best served slightly cool to highlight its freshness.

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Robert Parker

94 points

"The 2022 Arroyo del Tórtolas is a single-vineyard Garnacha from a plot that achieves higher ripeness, and it has the palest color of the 2022s. This is the wine that they consider "wilder," and it has higher alcohol (15%) but also higher acidity, which compensates for the ripeness. It's spicy and heady but delicate, juicy and fine-boned, with very fine tannins and a long finish where you notice the warm year. It fermented with 80% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and had a long maceration of more than 60 days. This wine is quite regular year in, year out. It matured in four used 500-liter barrels and is the one where you feel the élevage in the aromas, but nothing excessive. 2,400 bottles produced. There's also a three-year blend from this plot." —Luis Gutiérrez

More about Bernabeleva

Bernabeleva are Garnacha (Grenache) specialists in an unlikely locale: outside Madrid. But Bernabeleva's subzone of San Martín de Valdeiglesias can yield distinctly higher-quality wines than the rest of this interior zone. Using biodynamic methods, the estate crafts several different all-Grenache wines, all with great freshness and elegance.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Grenache

  • Vintage

    2022

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

Flatiron's Take

From the Importer

What Polaner Selections has to say about this wine:

VarietalsGrenache (Garnacha)BiodynamicPracticingVineyardA single vineyard called Arroyo del Tortolas with vines over 65 years old.OrientationNorth facing vineyard at 800+ meters in altitude.SoilGranitic SandViticulturepracticing organic and biodynamic. 30 hl/hA for yields.Vinificationno fining and no filtering. Whole cluster fermentation.Aging225, 300, 500 and 600 L French oak barrels used for aging. No more than 25% are new.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Grilled fish, tapas with Manchego, seafood salad, light vegetable dishes

Tasting Profile

Fresh Madrid white with citrus, green apple, and herbal notes. Dry, crisp acidity, light body, mineral finish.

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