Salvajes de Gredos Marino Rosado 2023

Our good friend Marc Isart (of Maldicion, and founding member of Commando G alongside Dani Landi and Fernando Garcia) with his good friend Miquel Santiago Carrillo, are the two Salvajes or 'savages' of Gredos.  It's a perfect partnership; Miquel owns and farms arguably the best vineyards in Gredos and Marc is, of course, a exceptional winemaker.  

The wines are categorised like the Burgundian model with regional 'Marino' wines forming the broad base of the pyramid, village wines of Cadalso and San Martin above, and at very apex are the single vineyard selections. This is such an exciting project and one which Uncharted is delighted to be a part of right from the start.

The amazing vineyards are high up (800m) in the middle of the Gredos mountains.   The soils are decomposed granite so the goblet trained vines really have to establish deep roots to secure the minerals and nutrients they need.  Miguel farms along biodynamic principles, ploughing with horses and leaving wild grasses amongst the vines to help balance the humidity. This is hot, harsh country and Marc and Miguel have crafted parasols for each vine to shade the leaves.  Harvest is early in mid August before the heavy autumn rains. 

85 year old Garnacha vines from the Majaillas plot.  The grapes are hand harvested in early August and fermented (10% whole bunch) with natural yeasts, fined and bottled the following April.