Beryna 2013

"The 2013 Beryna is a blend of Monastrell and Garnacha that varies slightly each vintage, fermented separately in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in French barriques for 14 months. It's a classical southeastern blend with good acidity and ripeness, with aromas of black fruit without excess, with the character of the Monastrell providing the identity and the Garnacha adding freshness. The palate is where you see that freshness, and I guess the conditions of the vintage also helped with some meatiness and juicy fruit. It shows a little austere, serious, a wine that is going to be long-lived in the bottle. This seems to be turning into a serious Mediterranean blend. 40,000 bottles produced. I also tasted 2011 to follow up on its evolution. It has digested the oak and was showing much better than when I first tasted it and my score and drinking window may have proven below what the wine is showing today."