Daniel Gomez Jimenez-Landi, Las Uvas de la Ira, Garnacha 2022

Received in Original Carton The new kid on the block is Vitícola Mentridana, a family and friends project from Dani Landi (Comando G) and Curro Bareño (Ca' di Mat and Fedellos) with family vineyards and some of the brands that used to belong to Landi. The first vintage is 2021, but the 2020s are already labeled and sold through this new project. In total, they have 15 hectares in Méntrida and Real de San Vicente, some owned, some rented, but all are worked by them organically (and in due time they should get the certification).  Meaning literally “The Grapes of Wrath”, this wine is made from 60 year-old Garnacha sourced from four different sites (granite soils at 800-900m altitude, at an incredible 50% slope) near the village of El Real de San Vicente in Sierra de Gredos - just south west of Madrid. This is miles away from the typical concentrated style many people associate with the grape. Rather, it is lifted and elegant, with savoury yet fresh red fruit, spice, and dry, chalky tanni