{"title":"Comando G, Cebreros, Gredos","description":"\u003cp\u003eA short distance from Madrid, the Sierra de Gredos seems like another world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSteep mountains, large granite formations, scrubland, small villages and vineyards hidden in places where it's hard to imagine anyone decided to plant a vine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a long time, these wonderful wines were destined for the king's court. Their quality and location, just 80 kilometers from Madrid, were ideal for sending wines to the court. However, with the arrival of the railway at the end of the 19th century, the more abundant and cheaper wines from La Mancha displaced those from Gredos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, as in so many other regions, the phylloxera plague devastated the vineyards, marking the decline of a millennial tradition. Many varieties disappeared, and replanting was hampered by a lack of resources and migration to the cities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Gredos held something special. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the mountains remained small plots of old vines, many of them in remote and difficult-to-work places, planted on poor granite, sand, slate, and quartz soils.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where the story of \u003cstrong\u003eComando G\u003c\/strong\u003e begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaniel Landi and Fernando García knew each other from university and both ended up working around the Sierra de Gredos: Daniel at the family winery in Gredos, Jiménez-Landi, and Fernando at Bodega Marañones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey shared a fascination for the mountain and for those small, ancient vineyards that survived almost hidden in the highest parts of the mountain range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver time they began to search, lease and buy some of the best plots they could find. In \u003cstrong\u003e2008\u003c\/strong\u003e they created Comando G.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe “G”, of course, stands for \u003cstrong\u003eGarnacha\u003c\/strong\u003e but also for \u003cstrong\u003eGredos\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eGranite\u003c\/strong\u003e soils that are abundant in these mountains and give the wines their unique character. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd a good part of their work has consisted precisely in demonstrating how far this variety can go when cultivated in the right place and worked with sensitivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAnother way of understanding Garnacha\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a long time, Garnacha had a reputation for being a grape destined to produce simple, ripe wines with a high alcohol content.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Gredos, Daniel and Fernando found something very different.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir vineyards are located approximately between 900 and 1,200 meters of altitude, with vines that in many cases are between 50 and 80 years old. The combination of altitude, sandy soils derived mainly from granite and quartz, good drainage and a surprisingly cool climate for central Spain allows for slow ripening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result are Garnachas that can be very pale in color, perfumed, fresh and delicate, but at the same time profoundly expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey don't seek power. They seek precision, texture and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vineyards are worked organically, incorporating biodynamic practices, and all harvesting is done by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Comando G's most important ideas is to work each vineyard as an individual place. The plots are not simply a source of grapes. Each has a different orientation, altitude, soil and microclimate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is why some of their wines are bottled as Vinos de Parcela (Single Vineyard Wines). Tumba del Rey Moro, Rumbo al Norte and Las Umbrías, for example, are different expressions of Garnacha born from specific vineyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRumbo al Norte can show more generous fruit and a more marked structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLas Umbrías tends to stand out for its balance, its floral and mineral character and an especially fine texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTumba del Rey Moro offers another interpretation of the same variety and the same mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree Garnacha wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree different places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat is precisely what is interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work continues with the same philosophy once the grapes enter the winery. The harvest usually takes place in October. Fermentations are carried out with native yeasts from the grape and the environment, without resorting to commercial yeasts. For red wines, whole clusters are used and fermentations can take place in open French oak vats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, depending on the wine and the plot, aging can be done in large barrels of 500 to 700 liters, foudres or even clay amphorae.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea is not to impose a winery style. It is to allow the difference between the vineyards to remain recognizable in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the end, that is perhaps what interests us most about Comando G: they are not trying to prove that Garnacha can become something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are showing what it can be when we let an old vineyard, a mountain and a variety speak for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sw2010-23-comiando-g-la-bruja-2023","title":"SW2010-23 Comando G La Bruja 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eGarnacha de viñas de unos 60 años y más en Cebreros, a alrededor de 1,000 metros de altitud, sobre suelos arenosos de granito y limo. La vendimia es manual y cada parcela fermenta por separado en tinas abiertas de roble, con levaduras autóctonas y una maceración suave de unos 30 días. 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