Telmo Rodríguez Pegaso Zeta Garnacha 2023
(Sierra de Gredos, Spain) - [JS 94] [WA 93]

About the Winery:

Zeta is Pegaso's Cebreros village wine, produced from over 60-year-old, organically-farmed, bush-trained Garnacha vines. It offers a vision of the clarity, harmony, and elegance of Cebreros Garnacha, farmed by experienced hands. Garnacha grapes from vineyards planted on slate and granite soils are blended in this bottling, lending depth and fruit character. The vineyards included in the Zeta blend are El Robledillo, El Mojón, and El Presidente, which range in altitude between 890m to 920m. Pegaso wines are made with low intervention and minimal sulfur at bottling.

Site: El Robledillo, El Mojón, and El Presidente

Elevation: 890-920m

Grapes: 100% Garnacha

Vine Age: 60+ years old

Soil: Slate and granite

Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in barrel

Aging: Six months in 500L French oak barrels and six months in stainless steel tanks

Farming: Practicing organic

Vegan: No, fined with egg whites

Ratings & Reviews

94 Points - James Suckling:
Aromas of bright red fruits and fresh Mediterranean herbs, offering immediacy and charm. On the palate, it’s medium- to full-bodied, with incisive tannins that frame the core of preserved red berries. There’s a firm, energetic structure beneath the brightness, giving the wine tension and clarity. This always offers tremendous value. Drink or hold.

93 Points - Wine Advocate:
The 2023 Pegaso Zeta is the entry-level village wine from Cebreros, using a mixture of granite and slate soils and mostly purchased grapes from growers. It fermented in used Garbelotto vats with 15% to 20% full clusters and the other half in stainless steel with destemmed grapes with 10- to 15-day macerations, shorter and with a soft extraction, and it matured in the oak vats and in used 400-, 500- and 600-liter barrels and a small part in stainless steel. It has a bright ruby color and a harmonious and elegant nose with notes of flowers, berries and herbs, a medium-bodied palate and fine tannins. It's very approachable, clean and focused.