- 100% Garnacha from 35-year-old bushvines
- Cultivated organically in clay-limestone at 600 meters of altitude
- Aged 12 months in 500-liter French oak barrels
Info
Producer:
Vintage:
2019
Country:
Spain
Region:
Navarra
Appellation:
Navarra
Variety:
Garnacha
Color:
Red
Farming Practice:
Practicing Organic
Sizes Available
| Full Bottle | ES-AZU-20-19 | 12/750ml |
Resources
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
Score
94
Date
2023-11-16
"#56 Top 100 Wines of Spain 2023: Oyster shells, mussels, ripe strawberries and cherries. Some Mediterranean spices, too. Really flavorful and juicy on the palate with very abundant and silky tannins. Long, fruit-oriented finish. Lots of vibrancy! Drink now."
Decanter
Score
93
Date
2024-02-08
"There,s a great sense of place in this village wine, 100% Garnacha from San Mart¡n de Unx. Grown at 500m in poor calcareous soils, this expresses the wild herb and garrigue character typical of the area. Great intensity and quite robust but tannins are ripe, and pretty strawberry fruit brings a certain elegance. A wine with lots of personality."
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2023-02-28
"The 2019 Pasos de San Mart¡n was produced with Garnacha from the cooler zone of San Mart¡n de Unx in Navarra where they have 11 hectares of 40-year-old vines on a southeast exposure where the soils are rich in limestone and silt. It's ripe, reflecting the warm and dry year, hitting the scale at 14.7% alcohol but keeping a low-ish pH of 3.42. It's an aromatic and expressive Garnacha with elegance, floral notes and hints of ripe fruit. It's fine-boned and has elegant tannins that make it easy to drink. It was filled into 12,000 bottles after nine months in 500-liter barrels."
REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES
2020
James Suckling
Score
93
Date
2024-10-03
"A firm, structured garnacha showing touches of cream, iodine, spices and ripe strawberries. Small-grained and gritty on the palate, with a sandblasted texture of tannins wrapping up the fruit. Long and vertical at the end. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."
2020
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2024-02-29
"The 2020 Pasos de San Mart¡n, the red from the cooler zone of San Mart¡n de Unx , is ripe at 14.6% alcohol but with a low pH of 3.38 denoting very good freshness. It went through a two-day cold soak and fermented in open-top vats for 10 to 12 days, was foot trodden twice per day and with one pump-over. It matured in 500-liter French oak barrels for nine months. 2020 was warm, not too much, and quality was good. They feel they have good results in warmer years in Navarra in general and in San Mart¡n in particular. It's floral, heady and perfumed, with a round palate and glossy, softer tannins; it is fine-boned, with rich flavors and a long, persistent finish. It's not too far from the 2019 I tasted last time, perhaps a tad more elegant. 12,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2023."
2018
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2022-09-13
"Top 100 Value Wines of 2022"
2018
Wine Advocate
Score
93
Date
2021-12-30
2016
James Suckling
Score
95
Date
2016
Vinous
Score
92
Date
2021-06-15
2016
Wine Advocate
Score
92
Date