A Pie de Tierra Cruce del Collado 2014
£64.95
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“The new kid on the block is the single-vineyard 2024 Cruce del Collado from a plot in the village of El Real de San Vicente, one of the Méntrida villages considered as proper Gredos, with more influence from the mountains. It has old, head-pruned, dry-farmed vines on deep sandy soils. The wine reached 14% alcohol, a low pH of 3.3 and six grams of acidity. It fermented with foot-trodden, full clusters with a long maceration of 60 to 65 days and matured in a 500-liter barrel. It has a slightly deeper color and a more reductive nose, stonier, with freshness, volume and depth. It has fine-grained, classical granite tannins and is serious and harmonious. It’s very good indeed. 600 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2025. Drink: 2025-2033. 96+ points
A Pie de Tierra is the project from two young enthusiasts and friends, David Galiles and Aitor Paul. Galiles has roots and family vines in Méntrida and works some 20 hectares, and they have rented a new vineyard in the village of El Real de San Vicente, from which they produced a new wine. They are very happy with the 2024 harvest, which was marked by the frost from April that reduced the crop, but the second generation of grapes slowed the ripeness. They harvested late after some welcome rain in late August that hydrated the soils. In any case, it’s a project on its way up, with each vintage better than the previous one. They used more of their own grapes, and they now do 30,000 bottles. In 2025, they produced a white with Garnacha Blanca grapes.”
Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate (12/25)
