Matallana 2023
Ribera del Duero
Spain, Spain
Regular price£294.00
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Arriving: Late 2026
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 14.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2028 |
| Biodynamic: Yes | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: Tinto Fino, Navarro, Valenciano, Albillo | |
Critic scores
97 RP, 97 JS, 96 JA, 97+ DB
Critic reviews
"Since 1998, the project has taken a different approach to Ribera del Duero, focusing on reviving historic wine villages and replanting vineyards in their best soils. The 2023 Matallana fermented in oak and stainless steel vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in French oak barrels of different ages for 14 months. It's a wine for the long haul; balanced, powerful and elegant, with a velvety palate and very fine tannins. Just 13,369 bottles were produced and it was bottled in July 2025."
Luis Gutierrez, July 2026, RobertParker.com
"Dark fruit, spices and thyme with stony austerity. Medium- to full-bodied, leaning toward medium. Incisive and fresh. Vibrant and cohesive with an angular palate and very focused, chalky tannins. This needs some time."
James Suckling, July 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Love the unfussy brilliance of this wine. So much depth, spiralling through the palate, liqourice root, slate, olive pit, lavender, sleek blue and black fruits, characterful and lifted, precise, vivid, mouthwatering. 21.5ha across eleven vineyards, winemakers Telmo Rodriguez and Pablo Eguzkiza."
Jane Anson, July 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Darker-fruited, more substantial and distinctly spicier than Dolio (tasted just before) but with the same essential lift and clarity. The tannins are, again, gorgeous – here a little more serious, persistent and massaging of the fruit. Myrrh and incense are more evident; Dolio, in contrast, is more floral. The two wines have staggeringly different personalities and yet some notable similarities too, above all in terms of the precision and elegance they display. Equally impressive, equally captivating, equally beguiling, though this offers a longer future I feel with greater tannic density on the finish. 97+."
Colin Hay, August 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Luis Gutierrez, July 2026, RobertParker.com
"Dark fruit, spices and thyme with stony austerity. Medium- to full-bodied, leaning toward medium. Incisive and fresh. Vibrant and cohesive with an angular palate and very focused, chalky tannins. This needs some time."
James Suckling, July 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Love the unfussy brilliance of this wine. So much depth, spiralling through the palate, liqourice root, slate, olive pit, lavender, sleek blue and black fruits, characterful and lifted, precise, vivid, mouthwatering. 21.5ha across eleven vineyards, winemakers Telmo Rodriguez and Pablo Eguzkiza."
Jane Anson, July 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Darker-fruited, more substantial and distinctly spicier than Dolio (tasted just before) but with the same essential lift and clarity. The tannins are, again, gorgeous – here a little more serious, persistent and massaging of the fruit. Myrrh and incense are more evident; Dolio, in contrast, is more floral. The two wines have staggeringly different personalities and yet some notable similarities too, above all in terms of the precision and elegance they display. Equally impressive, equally captivating, equally beguiling, though this offers a longer future I feel with greater tannic density on the finish. 97+."
Colin Hay, August 2026, DrinksBusiness.com