Casa Castillo El Molar 2013

Casa Castillo El Molar 2013 pours a brilliant, translucent ruby color with bright highlights in the glass. The nose is highly expressive and perfumed, leaping forward with enticing aromas of ripe red berries, wild cherries, and raspberries seamlessly intertwined with notes of spring flowers, orange peel, and a delicate touch of sweet baking spices. On the palate, this medium-bodied Garnacha showcases remarkable fluidity, freshness, and precision. Its energetic core of juicy red fruit is beautifully framed by exceptionally fine, integrated tannins and a vibrant, crisp acidity that delivers a long, savory, and minerally driven finish.

Food Pairing:

Pairs beautifully with slow-roasted rosemary lamb chops, grilled duck breast, spicy chorizo pasta, or cured cheeses.

93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

A new kid on the block, the pure Garnacha 2013 El Molar carries the name of the vineyards where the vines were planted in 2006 on sand and chalk soils covered with gravel. It was foot trodden and fermented in cement vats and aged for nine months in used 500-liter oak barrels. In 2013 the vines worked until the very end as it was a year where there was more rain than average and a relatively cool summer (sometimes ripening occurs because of dehydration rather than true ripening) resulting in a perfect ripeness but quite contained. It is light ruby color, very bright acidity (low pH?) and there’s no indication of alcohol plus the oak is also perfectly integrated. It shows a pinch of spices over the core of red berries along with some spring flowers and perhaps a distant lactic touch. The supple and tasty palate is medium-bodied and has a fluid texture, very fine tannins and good acidity. The well-defined flavors are clean and offer floral notes plus developing notes of orange peel. I think this is the best Molar so far. A real bargain. 28,000 bottles.