Candea Tinto 2020

Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

The red 2019 Candea Tinto is an easy-drinking, unoaked and fruit-driven blend of Mencía, Arauxa (Tempranillo), Garnacha Tintorera and Mouratón from 20-year-old vines in the village of Tamagos at 370 meters in altitude, plus some Alicante Bouschet and Mouratón from 70-year-old vines. It fermented with one-third full clusters and indigenous yeasts and was kept in stainless steel for over one year before it was bottled. It has only 12% alcohol and a pH of 3.69. It’s serious—it has complexity and lightness, with very fine, chalky tannins. Delicious and way beyond what the price point suggests. 14,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2021. There is no 2017 or 2018 of this wine. This is the following wine to the already impressive 2016.

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