Pago de Carraovejas 2022 Magnum

A concentrated, dense Ribera del Duero, but there is a lot to like if you enjoy plushness, with its lush blackberry fruit and dark chocolate. Fine-grained and full-bodied on the palate, but fresh and still pretty tense, with chalky tannins. Drink from 2025.

The 2022 Pago de Carraovejas wants to be the expression of the valley that names the wine. It was produced with 93% Tempranillo, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Merlot in a very warm and dry and challenging year when the wine achieved a whopping 15.5% alcohol after spending 12 months in 226- and 600-liter French and American oak barrels. It's dark, aromatic and heady, juicy and a little decadent, with ripe flavors and fine tannins, clearly reflecting the conditions of the year. 700,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in the spring of 2024.

"The hot vintage” is how Almudena Calvo correctly describes the 2022 vintage, which a Pago de Carraovejas with 15.5% alcohol. The wine is a little firm and jammy, with slightly chewy tannins, but the spicy oak is well handled, complementing the blend of Tinto
Fino, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Merlot. Forward and floral with succulent mulberry and bramble fruit. 2025-30