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Navatalgordo neighbor to Villanueva, only divided by a small stream. Each village has its own soil character the two soils might sit just a few meters apart, but the wines they produce speak in completely different tones. This second wine in the tasting, shows a more angular, mineral, and chalky profile. Made the same way as Villanueva, the difference lies entirely in the terroir. The tannins here are more granular, and the wine finishes drier and slightly more powerful, with less of the ethereal character seen in the Villanueva. It needs more time to fully balance. In Navatalgordo the soil is more quartz-heavy. The granite here drains faster, resulting in a wine that's sharper, more tense, with precision and verticality. The comparison to Barolo is helpful—if Villanueva is like La Morra, softer and more open, Navatalgordo is closer to Serralunga d'Alba, firmer and more structured. And like in Barolo, this difference is entirely due to soil.

The review for the previous vintage to give you an idea of the style of the wine:
97VM/95+WA 2023 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez, Published: Nov 21, 2024 
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. 9,965 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2024.
Appellation: Cebreros
Variety: Garnacha
Vine Age: 50–80
Farming: In conversion
Soils: Sand, mica, quartzite, granite
Altitude: 1050 meters
Fermentation: Hand harvested, partial whole cluster, natural yeast fermentation in open vats, 35–40 day macerationAGING12 months in French oak vats