R. Parker (95+/100)
The village 2023 Navatalgordo has grapes (mostly purchased from regular suppliers) from five different parajes or lieu-dits from the stony and quartz soils from the village. It has a stony personality but a perfumed nose of violets and violet pastille, with silty tannins and good grip. It matured in oak vats to polish those village tannins. It's very complete and opens up in the glass nicely, as it's a little more austere than the one from Villanueva. This is the more tannic of the village reds.
James Suckling (94/100)
A brambly and open expression from Comando G, with scented, ethereal smoke, agave, white pepper and bergamot. If you enjoy drinking mezcal, then you’ll probably find some similarities here. On the palate, this is a round and fruity, with an abundance of chalky tannins, even though fruitiness is not part of its nature. A structured red from Navatalgordo.