The 2012 El Bosque is a single-vineyard Tempranillo from 1.5 hectares of vines on deeper gravel soils with abundant clay underneath that yields a little more than other vineyards. All the grapes are fermented in one single oak vat and foot trodden for eight days. The wine matured in new French and Hungarian oak for 18 months. It is a serious, powerful and concentrated wine with an austere profile in the palate that is mineral, powerful and structured with abundant but fine tannins. The wine is obviously oaked, but it's quite integrated and compact, and should have a very positive development in bottle. 4,300 bottles.