The cask sample of the 2021 El Carretil was a bit tight and a little tannic. This is from a vineyard that has compact silt soils and tends to suffer in warm and dry years, and it did suffer a little in 2021, a warm-ish year a little in the style of 2005 and 2015—years of powerful wines. It has abundant chalky tannins and an austere palate, but the nose surfaces after some time in the glass.