I tasted two vintages of the single-vineyard Canta la Perdiz, from the vineyard that they consider to produce their most elegant red. The youngest of the two, the 2019 Canta la Perdiz was cropped from a warm and dry year, fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete with full clusters and a slow malolactic in barrel (seven months) and then spent 35 months in French oak barrels. It has a very expressive nose that is open and immediate, with polished tannins and surprisingly integrated oak after such a long élevage. It's a vintage of pleasure and juiciness but with serious structure and depth, and it is very harmonious and balanced with fine-grained chalky tannins. It has 14.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.55 denoting good freshness. 1,847 bottles and 30 magnums produced. It was bottled in September 2022.
98 points, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate (Jan 2023)
The 2019 Canta La Perdiz is sourced from a 100-year-old parcel in La Aguilera, Ribera del Duero and was fermented as a field blend. Aged up to three years in well-used barrels, it appears light garnet in color. The nose unfolds mild blackberry, wild herbs, chamomile and garrigue-like aromas. Lean and dry, the taut and chalky palate is compact and fairly juicy. Its complex and subtly nuanced finish lingers.
97 points, Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous (Nov 2023)
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