Pegaso Zeta Garnacha Cebreros 2023

Bright and inviting, with aromas of ripe blackberry, red berries and orange zest accented by fragrant herbal notes. The palate is approachable and beautifully balanced, offering juicy red fruit, lively freshness and fine-grained tannins with a subtle stony, savory finish. Delicate yet expressive, this is an easy-drinking introduction to the elegant mountain Garnacha of Sierra de Gredos.

Made from 100% Garnacha grown on organically farmed, bush-trained vines more than 60 years old in three high-altitude vineyards near Cebreros: El Robledillo, El Mojón and El Presidente. Sitting between 890 and 920 meters, these vineyards feature shallow, fast-draining slate and granite soils that contribute freshness, minerality and structure. The grapes are harvested by hand and spontaneously fermented with native yeasts in large, open-top vessels. The wine is aged for six months in 500-liter French oak barrels followed by another six months in stainless steel tanks before being traditionally fined with egg whites and bottled unfiltered.

Pegaso is a project founded by renowned Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodríguez and his longtime collaborator Pablo Eguzkiza, with the aim of restoring and celebrating the forgotten old vineyards of Sierra de Gredos. Alongside Carlos Sainz Sr., their work has helped establish Cebreros as one of Spain's most exciting sources of high-altitude Garnacha. Zeta is the domaine's village-level bottling and, as Rodríguez describes it, its friendliest and most approachable expression of mountain Garnacha, capturing the clarity, harmony and elegance of this remarkable region.