De la Riva Macharnudo San Cayetano 2023
Vino de Pasto
Spain, Spain
Regular price£353.52
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Arriving: Late 2026
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| Style: White | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2024 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 100% Palomino | |
Critic scores
96 RP, 96 VM, 97 JS, 97 GM
Critic reviews
"The unfortified white 2023 Macharnudo San Cayetano comes from a very old plot of Palomino in Pago Macharnudo, San Cayetano, where the natural concentration is even higher. San Cayetano has different exposures, and this is selected from the north-facing side, which gives more freshness and elegance to the wines. It's intense, powerful and elegant, still very young but with a lot of nuances, with more character and without the baby fat. This is a wine they sell through La Place de Bordeaux. This has only around 15% of wine with flor; with time it develops notes of licorice and spices, even hints of esparto grass. Tasty and fresh. There's a lot of finesse here; it's different from the 2022 but at the same quality level (or higher!). It has only 13.5% alcohol. 6,000 bottles produced."
Luis Gutierrez, October 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 San Cayetano Macharnudo is a Palomino from 40-year-old vines, fermented and raised with limited flor (around 15%). Slightly golden in hue, it leans oxidative, with grated apple, dried white flowers, herbs and a touch of honey. The palate opens broadly before tightening through the middle. Texture rather than structure defines the wine, with chalk acting as the main driver of persistence."
Joaquín Hidalgo, October 2026, Vinous.com
"The aromas of sliced apples, blossom honey, lilacs and salt follow through to a medium body with energy and focus. Notes of flint. So lively and vivid, with a classic nature and a compressed palate. It’s refined, compact and totally integrated. More refined than the 2022. Pure palomino. From a single parcel in one of the best vineyards of Jerez. Fermented in Sherry casks and then aged with 15% flor. Drinkable now, but even better from 2025."
James Suckling, August 2024, JamesSuckling.com
Luis Gutierrez, October 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 San Cayetano Macharnudo is a Palomino from 40-year-old vines, fermented and raised with limited flor (around 15%). Slightly golden in hue, it leans oxidative, with grated apple, dried white flowers, herbs and a touch of honey. The palate opens broadly before tightening through the middle. Texture rather than structure defines the wine, with chalk acting as the main driver of persistence."
Joaquín Hidalgo, October 2026, Vinous.com
"The aromas of sliced apples, blossom honey, lilacs and salt follow through to a medium body with energy and focus. Notes of flint. So lively and vivid, with a classic nature and a compressed palate. It’s refined, compact and totally integrated. More refined than the 2022. Pure palomino. From a single parcel in one of the best vineyards of Jerez. Fermented in Sherry casks and then aged with 15% flor. Drinkable now, but even better from 2025."
James Suckling, August 2024, JamesSuckling.com