I know: whenever I mention the name Comando G, and especially “Rumbo al Norte”, many customers start to get nervous.
Every year in April, when the en primeur wines are released
(to reserve wines for delivery next April, click here), keeping everyone happy is a difficult exercise. We only receive a very limited number of bottles, while there are often twice or even three times as many interested customers.
But to our customers from the very beginning, and I am talking about more than fifteen years ago, the name
“The End” may sound familiar.
It was Dani Landi’s absolute top cru when he was still working as winemaker at his family estate, Jiménez-Landi.
This wine was the forerunner of
Rumbo al Norte, which he would later produce as part of his own project, eventually named “
Comando G”. The first vintage was 2010.
At the time, he also produced “The End”. And this wine even received a higher score than Rumbo al Norte!
Sixteen years later, Rumbo al Norte has become a stratospheric wine, and I can finally introduce you to the successor to “The End”.
After all, it had not been produced since 2010!
But for several years now, its legacy has been secured. The vineyards in the south of the Sierra de Gredos, within the Méntrida appellation, are now marketed under the name “
Vitícola Mentridana”. A project developed under the guidance of Dani Landi, together with his childhood friend and
top winemaker Curro Barreño.
In recent days, this region has been severely affected by wildfires. Several Comando G vineyards were also threatened, while employees and their families had to be evacuated.
Fortunately, the estate has remained safe for the time being, but the region has been badly affected. Our thoughts are with the winegrowers, local residents and courageous emergency teams who continue to fight to bring the fires under control.
That is precisely why we want to put this wine in the spotlight today, as a tribute to Gredos, its winegrowers and this unique landscape.
Since 2024, Dani Landi and Curro Barreño have once again been producing a top single-vineyard wine from the vineyard formerly known as “The End” or “Fin del Mundo”. It is now called “Canto Platero”, a reference to the many quartz stones scattered across the vineyard’s soils.
And as always, the name has a second meaning: it refers to a famous Spanish story by Juan Ramón Jiménez about “Platero”, a little donkey whose rounded belly is said to resemble the shape of these stones… 😊
And this Canto Platero 2024 is a wonderfully refined and elegant Garnacha!
If you enjoy the finesse of Comando G’s great crus, Canto Platero allows you to add a true grand cru to your cellar for a fraction of the price.