The 2019 Terreus Paraje de Cueva Baja was cropped from a warm and dry year with very good ripeness and a healthy crop that kept very good acidity. It's a powerful and seductive red with power and clout but also elegance and balance. The grapes fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and day pumping-overs followed by malolactic in oak and 20 months in new and used French oak barrels. It's approachable and quite complete, keeping the balance, freshness and poise. 9,060 bottles were filled in August 2021.

This vibrant, harmonious red is tightly meshed at first, slowly unfurling on the palate to show an enticing range of cherry and strawberry reduction, medicinal herb, mocha and spiced orange notes. The chalky tannins are fine, providing a taut, well-defined frame and firming the minerally finish. Tempranillo. Best after 2024. 410 cases made, 50 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Spain / Vi?o de la Tierra de Castilla y León Select to Add

The 2018 Terreus Paraje de Cueva Baja was cropped from a cool vintage when the vineyard saw some snow and a slow ripening of the grapes, which were harvested on the 16th of September under perfect conditions. It fermented in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and daily pump-overs, followed by malolactic in barrel and 20 months in French barrique. There is a lot of purity in this wine, and it shows the effect of the cooler year. They are increasing the percentage of used barrique, and the oak feels better integrated. It's a very serious wine, with depth, complexity and persistence. I think there's more and more effect from the limestone soils in the wine (texture!) as the élevage marks the wine is a softer way. This is among the finest vintages of Terreus. 10,066 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2020.

This supple red shows good concentration, with plush layers of cherry compote, violet, cola and anise that are intermixed with loamy earth, clove and herb details. Good depth and focus. Drink now through 2033. 825 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–GS??Region: Spain / Vi?o de la Tierra de Castilla y León Select to Add

I also tasted the 2017 Terreus Paraje de Cueva Baja, which had amazing balance even after only one month after bottling. There is amazing finesse and balance, the oak is beautifully integrated and the wine is floral and terribly pleasant. They did a softer vinification with a shorter maceration, and they used less new oak. It all paid off. This has to be among the finest 2017s from the Duero zone. 9,900 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2019.