Astrales 2019
Maximum expression of a Tempranillo
- Grape variety: 100%.Tinto Fino.
- Alcohol content: 15% vol.
- Vineyard location: old vines mainly in Anguix (Burgos), average age of vines 45 years old.
- Type of soil: Clay-calcareous and stony.
- Yields: 3,500 kg/ha.
- Vinification: Grapes are hand sorted. Gravity fed into 50 -100hl vats where fermentation takes place with native yeasts. Fermentation and maceration for 15 days. Malolactic fermentation in vats.
- Ageing: 18 months in mainly fine grain French oak barrels.
2019 Vintage
After a dry and rather warm winter, the first significant rains appeared in April, with the vines sprouting in the second fortnight of the same month, offering a good sample of bunches. From this moment on, vineyard development was as expected, an absence of significant frosts, except for some light ones in the first week of May. The bunches of flowers set well, although with a slight shattering that reduced the harvest. The summer was quite hot, with rather low rainfall, except for some summer storms in the months of July and August that brought freshness to the vineyard and in the absence of the dreaded hail. Grape maturation took place slowly and in very good conditions, obtaining a vintage of great quality, although with an estimated loss of 20%.
Tasting Notes
Astrales 2019 stands out for its intense nose of black fruits (blackberry and plum), spices, balsamics and toast, typical of good aging in barrels, with a great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, great backbone, finishing with a firm and fine tannicity, allowing for excellent ageing over the coming years.
Ratings and Awards
DECANTER MAGAZINE 2023: 97 Points and Platinum Medal. A very powerful, intense, complex oaki wine with a high concentration of ripe black fruit, sweet spices, smoke, fine leather and herbal notes. It is beautifully framed and has
good acidity an structure.
AKATAVINO MAGAZINE 2023: 95 points and Civas Gold Medal (V Akatavino Sommeliers of Spain Inter. Wine Competition)
PROENSA GUIDE 2023: 95 points. The freshness stands out, both for the fruit and for its good acidity, broad and suggestive nose with well-defined fruit and mineral features, and quality tannins.
VIVIR EL VINO GUIDE 2023: 95 points. Ripe fruit present, spices and a barrel that adorns and completes. The palate is agile, showing wine, character and area from start to finish.
TIVINICOLA WEEK: 95 points. Deep, perfumed, balsamic plum, Turkish tobacco, toasted exotic wood. Tasty in the mouth, silky. Balances its great power.
JAMES SUCKLING: 94 points. Cedary oak, pine cone, mocha and sweet spice to the blackberries. A welcoming full-bodied and tight Ribera del Duero with very fine-grained creamy tannins. Concentraded, polished and long.
GOURMETS GUIDE 2023: 94 points. Deep cherry red with garnet rim. Complex, structured, ripe without edges, lively and long spicy finish.
ABC GUIDE 2023: 92 points. It perfectly combines tradition and modernity, giving prominence to the fruit combined with spices and notes of the mountain. Structured and elegant wine.
PEÑIN GUIDE 2023: 91 points. Intense cherry color. Aroma of ripe fruit, dried herbs, creamy oak. Powerful mouthfeel, dry but ripe tannins.
Previous Vintages
Astrales 2018
Maximum expression of a Tempranillo
- Grape variety: Tinto Fino 100%.
- Alcohol content: 15.5% vol.
- Vineyard location: old vines mainly in Anguix, average age of vines 45 years.
- Type of soil: Clay-calcareous and stony.
- Yields: 3,500 kg/ha.
- Vinification: Grapes are hand sorted. Gravity fed into 50hl vats where fermentation
takes place with native yeasts. Fermentation and maceration for 15 days. It contains sulfites. - Ageing: 18 months in mainly French oak barrels.
2018 Vintage
The 2018 campaign was characterized by a cold and dry start to the
winter, with the soils showing a scarce water reserve carried over from the
previous year, with the expected rains appearing at the beginning of spring with abundant rainfall, which loaded the soils with this element. Budding came somewhat later than normal, with a cool end to spring, which caused a delay in the vegetative cycle. At the beginning of the summer, temperatures rose, and rainfall ceased, followed by August and September with high temperatures and a few isolated storms without consequences, which managed to compensate for the delay in ripening, with the vines being harvested in optimum conditions of health and ripeness.
Tasting Notes
Astrales 2018 stands out for its powerful nose of black fruits, spices, balsamics
and toast, with a great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, a vintage of great intensity and backbone, finishing with a firm and fine tannicity, allowing excellent ageing over the coming years.
Previous Vintages
Astrales 2017
Fresher, more balanced and richer in nuances
- Grape Variety: Tinto Fino 100%
- Alcohol Content: 15% vol.
- Vineyards Location: Anguix (Burgos), average of the vines 45 years.
- Type of Soil: Clay – calcareous and stony.
- Yield: 3.500 Kg per ha.
- Production Process: Grapes are hand sorted. Gravity fed into 50hl vats where fermentation takes place with native yeasts. Fermentation and maceration for 15 days.
- Ageing: 18 months mainly in French oak barrels.
- Date of bottling: July 2019
2018 Vintage
The 2018 campaign was characterized by a cold and dry start to the
winter, with the soils showing a scarce water reserve carried over from the
previous year, with the expected rains appearing at the beginning of spring with abundant rainfall, which loaded the soils with this element. Budding came somewhat later than normal, with a cool end to spring, which caused a delay in the vegetative cycle. At the beginning of the summer, temperatures rose, and rainfall ceased, followed by August and September with high temperatures and a few isolated storms without consequences, which managed to compensate for the delay in ripening, with the vines being harvested in optimum conditions of health and ripeness.
Tasting Notes
Astrales 2018 stands out for its powerful nose of black fruits, spices, balsamics
and toast, with a great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, a vintage of great intensity and backbone, finishing with a firm and fine tannicity, allowing excellent ageing over the coming years.
Ratings and Awards
95 pts Guide Wine Week 2020 “Balsamic and toast, with great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, great intensity and backbone”.
94 pts Gourmets Wine Guide 2021 – “Persistent end. Its excellent woodwork stands out”
93 pts ABC Wine Guide 2021 – “Outstanding, it shows an immense fruit quality and a great journey in the mouth”
93 pts Wine Enthusiast – “Astrales 17 among the world’s top 100 with best guarding and evolution”
93 pts Guide Vivir el Vino 2021
93 pts Guide 900 Wines by Juan Fernández Cuesta
93 pts Guia WineUp
92 pts Robert Parker
92 pts Guide James Suckling “Blueberries and blackberries with some lavender undertones. Medium body, firm and silky tannins and a medium finish. Drink or hold”
91 pts Guía Peñín
Astrales 2016
The supreme expression of Tinta Fina
- Grape Variety: Tinto Fino 100%
- Alcohol Content: 15% vol.
- Vineyards Location: Anguix (Burgos), average of the vines 45 years.
- Type of Soil: Clay – calcareous and stony.
- Yield: 3.500 Kg per ha.
- Production Process: Grapes are hand sorted. Gravity fed into 50hl vats where fermentation takes place with native yeasts. Fermentation and maceration for 15 days.
- Ageing: 18 months mainly in French oak barrels.
- Date of bottling: July 2018
2016 Vintage
A vintage of excellent quality for Los Astrales, characterized by a mild and relatively dry winter, with a start of fresh and wet spring that caused a slight delay in the budding of the vineyard. There were no significant spring frosts and no major summer storms. The months of June and July showed higher than normal temperatures and a certain drought, which resulted in a healthy, well ripened and well-balanced harvest.
Tasting Notes
Astrales 2016 stands out for its intense nose of black fruits, spices, balsamic and toasted notes, with great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, great intensity and backbone, finishing with a firm and fine tannicity, allowing excellent ageing over the coming years.
Ratings and Awards
95 pts Guide Wine Week 2019 “It has moderated the sweet excesses (toffee, vanilla) of previous vintages and is fresher and more balanced”.
95 pts Guia Salon Gourmets 2020
94 pts Guia ABC 2020
94 pts Guia Proensa 2020
93,5 pts and CIVAS Gold Medal in the AkataVino CIVAS 2019 Awards
93 pts Robert Parker
92 pts James Suckling
92 pts Guía Vivir el Vino 2020
91 pts Guía Peñín
90 pts Anuario de Vinos El País
Astrales 2015
A wine that will mark a period
- Grape Variety: Tinto Fino 100%
- Alcohol Content: 15% vol.
- Vineyards Location: Anguix (Burgos), average of the vines 45 years..
- Type of Soil: Clay – calcareous and stony.
- Yield: 3.500 Kg per ha.
- Production Process: Grapes are hand sorted. Gravity fed into 50hl vats where fermentation takes place with native yeasts. Fermentation and maceration for 15 days.
- Ageing: 18 months mainly in French oak barrels.
- Date of bottling: July 2017
2015 Vintage
An excellent quality vintage for Los Astrales. The most striking note of this season has been the small size of the grapes (around 20% less than usual), which has resulted in easy ripening. On the other hand, the advance harvest and heat recorded have not had a noticeable influence on the balance of the berries, finding good amounts of sugar, but without affecting the pH and acid component, although this is based more than usual on malic acid. For its part, the phenolic ripening has been very good both in color and in tannin quality due to the long duration of the process that has allowed to besiege the tannins making them elegant.
As for the harvest itself, this one has had a short duration if we speak of its total duration, although 25% longer than usual if we take into account the data of entry of grapes between 10-90%. The way in which the grapes enter the presses has been favored by the good climatic conditions prevailing during the months of September and beginning of October, allowing the grape harvest in optimal conditions.
Tasting Notes
Astrales 2015 stands out for its intense nose of black fruits, spices, balsamic and toasted notes, with great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, great intensity and backbone, finishing with a firm and fine tannicity, allowing excellent ageing over the coming years.
Ratings and Awards
95 pts Vivir el Vino (Spain) “Long finish where the typical tannins of the Ribera are kept, balanced.”
94 pts James Suckling
93 pts View from the Cellar “On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, nascently complex and very well-balanced”
93 pts Guía ABC (Spain)
92 pts Robert Parker
92 pts Guia Peñin “A wine full of flavours and nuances”
92 pts Guía Gourmet “Tasteful, balanced, fresh, correct structure”
91 pts Wine Enthusiast “Drink through 2030”
91 pts Guia Proensa “Quality tannins, tasty, expressive, ample”
Astrales 2014
A pleasure of wine
- Grape Variety: Tinto Fino 100%
- Alcohol Content: 15% vol.
- Vineyards Location: Anguix (Burgos), average of the vines 45 years..
- Type of Soil: Clay – calcareous and stony.
- Yield: 3.500 Kg per ha.
- Production Process: Grapes are hand sorted. Gravity fed into 50hl vats where fermentation takes place with native yeasts. Fermentation and maceration for 15 days.
- Ageing: 18 months mainly in French oak barrels.
- Date of bottling: July 2016
2014 Vintage
A vintage of great quality for Los Astrales, marked by a relatively rain winter, and a mild spring that caused an early bud break. Summer started rather cool, although the second half temperatures were higher than usual. Rainfall during the growing season was rather low, compensated with reserves of water accumulated in the subsoil. A timely storm, without damage, around Anguix at the beginning of July, contributed an extra amount of moisture to the vineyards, which together with a slightly later harvest than the rest of the vineyards in the area, provided excellent ripeness of the grapes.
Tasting Notes
Astrales 2014 stands out for its intense nose of black fruits, spices, balsamic and toasted notes, with great balance, a lingering finish on the palate, great intensity and backbone, finishing with a firm and fine tannicity, allowing excellent ageing over the coming years.
Ratings and Awards
95 pts Gourmet Wine Guide 2018 “Tasty, well-structured, lively.”
95 pts Wine Review Online by Michael Franz
93 pts Guide Peñín 2018 “Powerful, ripe fruit.”
92 pts Robert Parker – 28/02/2017 “Elegant and polished.”
92 pts Vinous – May 2017 “I like the vivacity of this wine.”
92 pts James Suckling – 24/07/2017 “Powerful palate.”
91 pts Wine Spectator – 30/07/2017 “Meaty.”
More awards:
95 pts Proensa Guide 2017 “Tasty, balanced, full-bodied.”
93 pts Guide to Wine Week 2017 “Fresh, balanced and rich in nuances.”
91 pts No Bad Uva 2017 “Wide and Magnificent Balance.”
90 pts El País 2016 “With structure and great fruit load.”