La Bruja de Rozas

La Bruja de Rozas is not an “angry” wine to me, and in fact, it is quite the opposite. The reds are made from old vine grenache planted on the steep mountainsides of the Sierra do Gredos west of Madrid, meticulously farmed and vinified by Dani Landi and Fernando García. Their archetype was the most famous Grenache in the world – Château Rayas. The Bruja de Rozas is impossibly lean and high-toned for a grenache and reminds me a lot of a Pinot Noir, just in boots. The wine is tense, with sharp tannin and the first sip can feel unapproachable. I immediately liked these wines the first time that I tried them. The more I come back to them, the more nuance I discover and the more uplifting they are, to the same effect as listening to Fontaines D.C.