Vina Zorzal Garnacha Malayeto 2024 750ml

The 2024 Malayeto opens with hints of violet and pomegranate framed by soft thyme and rosemary, plus a subtle balsamic tone and delicate oak. The palate carries good tension, gentle grip and attractive freshness. It is slightly firm in feel, but good energy balances it out.

The 2024 Malayeto, their first single-vineyard wine they produced, is pure Garnacha from a plot of 2.39 hectares of 45-year-old vines on complex soils with limestone, gravel and stones. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in a combination of concrete and stainless steel with 10% fermented in open-top pools and pressed before the end of the fermentation, which finished without skins. The wine matured in a 4,000-liter oak vat, eight used 500-liter oak barrels and two 700-liter concrete eggs for 12 months. It's serious, with ripeness and structure but neatly balanced. It comes in at 13.95% alcohol, with a pH of 3.3 and 5.45 grams of acidity. The 2024s seem to have more structure, probably thinking about a longer life in bottle for this vintage, which was challenging for some but not for them. It rained a lot at the end of the harvest, but the vines became rehydrated, and they felt they were more balanced. 12,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2025.

100% Garnacha sourced from a single vineyard with stony soils in Fitero; average vine age is 35 years. This site is located at an elevation of 520m. Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in large wooden vats; aged 9 months in 225L used French oak.