Comando G farm 60-year-old Garnacha in the Sierra de Gredos, the granite highlands an hour from Madrid, where sandy soils and silt give the wine its lift rather than its weight. The 2023 is the last release of La Bruja, a wine that's changed names, sources, and shape since 2008, now signing off as Dani and Fer reclassify their Rozas vineyards. Old-vine Garnacha with tannin like fine sand and a mid-palate that hums instead of shouts: the final chapter of a bottle people have chased for fifteen years.
Tasting Notes
The 2023 vintage will mark the last release of La Bruja, a wine that has gone through changing iterations, names, and sourcing since it was first made in 2008. Ending its days as an “appellation wine” from vineyards in Rozas, with the reclassification of their vineyards in this village, Dani & Fer kept the most distinctive for Rozas Village and sold off the rest.
Professional Ratings
95
James Suckling
95
Wine Advocate
About the Producer
A short distance from Madrid, the rugged, weathered peaks of the Sierra de Gredos serve as a refreshingly cool retreat from the heat and bustle of the capital. Ancient hilltop towns and cottages dot the tortured landscape of alpine meadows, tumbled boulders, and thick scrub brush. Clustered around this rugged range are three DOs: Cebreros, Mentrida, and Viños de Madrid. Once known for producing reliably inexpensive and straightforward country wines to slake the capital’s thirst, the rediscovery and revitalization of vineyards high up in the Sierra de Gredos has revolutionized and redefined win…
