Navarra Tinto 'Pasos de San Martín'

Score

93

"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."