Raúl Moreno La Quimera 2024

2023 / 92 puntos

I tasted again the pale red 2023 La Quimera, produced with Pinot Noir grapes from vines planted in 2016 on "barajuela" laminar albariza soils that were worked organically. The full clusters fermented in small plastic bins. I like it better now than when I tasted it last year; it seems to have settled in bottle, with clear aromas and notes of red berries, flowers and blood orange, varietal but with a different twist. It aged in used French oak barrels from different coopers, which gives it a spicy touch. It has good ripeness and 13% alcohol, with some noticeable and slightly dusty and rustic tannins that called for food. 1,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in October 2024.