2022 Comando G Navatalgordo Garnacha

Highly Rated
Comando G |Sierra de Gredos |Grenache
An ultra-high-altitude Garnacha that’s all about purity, grip and mountain energy—tense, structured, and made to go the distance.

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"At the crossroads of classicism and unpretentious cool, Landi and García have introduced a new audience – of both drinkers and collectors – to a finer side of Spanish wines."
- Ines Salpica (Decanter Magazine)

Comando G’s new release from Navatalgordo takes Garnacha to the edge - literally and figuratively. This is the highest of their village wines, grown at 1,100 metres in the wild, quartz-laced hills of the Alto Alberche. It’s a cold, rugged spot, and the wine wears that altitude proudly. There's no fat or flash here - just tight lines, pure fruit, and a serious mineral edge that cuts through everything.

Fermented with whole bunches and left to do its thing in big old oak and concrete, it’s handled gently but built with intent. No fining, no filtration, and just a whisper of sulphur right at the end. It might be a 2022, but it doesn’t show the heat of the vintage - this one plays it cool, almost alpine, with a quiet kind of intensity that builds the longer it sits in the glass.

This isn’t Garnacha trying to be something else - it’s Garnacha showing what’s possible when grown in the right place and left alone.

96 points
"A floral and expressive village red from Navatalgordo with electric acidity, chalky tension, and serious structure. Fermented with full clusters and aged in concrete and oak, this wine shows remarkable freshness and lower alcohol (13%) despite the warm 2022 vintage. Barolo-like in its slow development and precision. 11,047 bottles produced."
- Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

96 points - "The 2022 Navatalgordo, a village red from the village of the same name, is one of two completely new village wines from 2022, as the one from Rozas is an evolution of the Rozas 1er Cru. This was produced to reflect the character of the village, showcasing wines with tension and sharpness. It comes from soils with lots of quartz and was made with their own grapes and ones purchased from growers that have been working together with them at an average 1,100 meters in altitude. It fermented with full clusters in concrete and oak vats with 35- to 40-day maceration, and its élevage was in concrete and oak foudres. This village produces wines with lower alcohol, lower pH and higher acidity, even in warmer years like 2022. And the wine has more color, even if the alcohol is lower, from the cold. It's a wine that needs more time, more Barolo with a chalky character and slow development. It has a very floral and expressive nose, with electric acidity, and is tense, serious. This is the 2022 that feels less like 2022... Only with time in the glass did it develop some meaty aromas (Bovril?) and spiciness, which pointed at a warmer year and more Gevrey character. It has a contained 13% alcohol and a pH of around 3.0! Incredible parameters for a year like 2022. 11,047 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2023. Only a little sulfur was added at bottling time, never before, as they feel the profile of the wine is more apt to work without added sulfur." - Luis Gutiérrez (The Wine Advocate)

Wine Overview

Growing Area: Sierra de Gredos, Valle del Alto Alberche
Appellation: D.O.P. Cebreros
Village: Navatalgordo, Ávila
Grape Variety: 100% Grenache
Vintage: 2022
The 2022 vintage expresses the liveliness, light, and fruit of a classic Mediterranean year. After a rainy autumn and a dry, bright winter, an unusually wet spring led into an austere, hot, and drought-affected summer, followed by a rainy harvest.
Vineyard Details
Plots: El Sotillo, El Barreno, Los Gorgones
Climate: Continental high mountain
Soil: Predominantly quartz-rich granite with no clay and low silt content
Orientation: Varies by plot
Altitude: 1,100 meters – the highest vineyard village in Gredos
Vine Age: 60 years
Viticulture & Winemaking
Farming: Organic
Harvest: End of September
Vinification:
Separate fermentation by plot in open oak vats
100% whole clusters
Indigenous yeasts
Soft maceration (no pump-overs or aggressive extraction)
Average maceration: 45 days
Ageing:
10 months in oak foudres and concrete tanks
Bottling:
Unfined and unfiltered
Production Details
Total Production: 11,047 bottles
Alcohol: 13%
Comments:
A village wine from Navatalgordo, known for its high-altitude vineyards and distinctive quartz-based soils. The wine is mineral, rocky, and full of tension, capturing the purity and precision of Grenache grown in extreme mountain conditions.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Grenache
Country Spain
Region Sierra de Gredos
Feature Cult
High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2022
Closure Cork

Comando G

High in the rugged Sierra de Gredos, just west of Madrid, Comando G is redefining Spanish Garnacha. Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi and Fernando García craft wines of purity, finesse and place - not power - using old vines rooted in decomposed granite up to 1,200 metres above sea level.

Their philosophy is radical in its simplicity: farm biodynamically, ferment whole bunch, age in neutral oak. No tricks, no heavy hands - just clarity, tension, and minerality. Think Garnacha with the precision of Pinot or Nebbiolo.

From cult bottlings like Las Umbrías and Rumbo al Norte to the broader village wines, their work has captured global attention without selling out. These aren’t polished show ponies - they’re soulful, site-driven expressions that vibrate with energy and authenticity.

But Comando G is more than a wine label. It’s a quiet revolution in the making. Every vine is hand-tended, dry-grown and treated with reverence. They’re not just restoring a grape - they’re reviving a landscape. This is mountain wine at its most profound: electric, transparent, and rooted in place. Comando G isn’t following the zeitgeist - they’re reshaping it, bottle by bottle.

Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi and Fernando García Comando G

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