R. Parker (95/100)
There is a new red, the 2024 Canto Platero, selected from part of one of the vineyards in the village of El Real de San Vicente, which in the past was vinified by Dani Landi under the name The End (the idea was to call it El Fin del Mundo—the end of the world—which is the name of the plot). It's a north-facing plot at 720 meters in altitude overlooking the Tiétar Valley, the latest-ripening plot, planted 60 to 70 years ago on silty and sandy soils with very small quartz pebbles and iron. It fermented in concrete with full clusters and indigenous yeasts and had a very soft extraction, then it matured exclusively in concrete. It is my favorite of their wines I tasted this year, with a reductive character that I love, with a stony feeling, perfumed and with elegant aromas of dried rose petals and wild herbs. It has a medium-bodied palate with very fine, chalky tannins, with precision and focus, depth and complexity and a long, dry finish. It's like a super Uvas de la Ira. 2,200 bottles produced.