Comando G, Vinos de Madrid, Rozas 1er Cru

Tasted next to 12 Tours Vacqueyras, it was an interesting comparison - apparently the Rayas stable of wines was an inspiration for Comando G. This wine was one of the most elegant and approachable young Spanish wines I can ever recall. It didn’t hit me as grandly as the Tours, but to be fair, it’s a younger wine. Pleasant aromas, clean fruit, tannins could use more time to soften. Revisit in 5 years.

2018 vintage

Great showing of this wine and much better than the last bottle I had last year. Drinking beautifully and so elegant. I love Com G, but you need to manage the variety across vintages and bottlings.

2018 vintage

We really enjoyed this one. It’s not quite a rosé, but it has that translucent, almost Burgundian look in the glass. I let it breathe for about an hour, then drank it over the next ninety minutes, keeping it slightly chilled, which really helped the aromas and flavors open up. There’s bright acidity, a light-to-medium body, and an elegant balance throughout. Quite a distinctive and special wine for what it is. Solid 92 points.

2018 vintage

Vista:Capa muy baja y muestras de algo de oxidación. Nariz: Intensidad media alta y notas reductivas y rústicas que dan paso a frutilla roja. Boca: Es muy fresco con unos taninos medios y persistentes.

2018 vintage

Nice complexity. Dry tannins on the finish. Still needs time.

2018 vintage

Dernière bouteille. Il faut vraiment lui donner quelques minutes d'aération pour se délier. Toujours aussi bon. Vraiment plate qu'on n'en trouve plus sur les tablettes.

2018 vintage

After Rickard departed the island, @KK1 and I shared this Comando G, made from Garnacha grapes from 60 year-old vines grown at 900 masl. The wine is very pale, almost rosé like in color despite having undergone a long maceration. Super intense. Magic. 👃 Underripe red berries, blood, rusty nails, floral notes (roses) and herbs (sage, fennel and celery) 👅 Medium-bodied (AbV 13.5%) with silky structure, lively acidity (m+), ripe red berries & herbs on the palate, concluding with a …

2018 vintage

Reading Offline #1 - Alino's Thames Lido Dinner - Mixed Whites and Reds (The Thames Lido, Reading) : Served blind. Nose a little funky on pouring, some stink / brettiness veering into the fecal / mousy. Some air mercifully nudges this in the right direction. There is some strawberry fruit and some hints of fudgey sweetness. Palate is correct and cool fruited. The grenache character really comes to the fore with air. I guessed Spain because it reminded me of …

2018 vintage

Seemed quite spikey and needed an hour or two to smooth out. Not as enjoyable as I remember but did improve with air

2018 vintage

Pretty cranberry color, light, translucent. Strong burnt match bouquet, even though there's supposedly little SO2 used (only at bottling) – some of it blew off by the next morning, but not enough. Herb-tinged cranberry soda smell. Flat, dusty in the palate, with harsh bitter finish. Either bottle variation or I just don't get it.

2018 vintage

Deep pink. Could pass for a dark rosé. Herbaceous and grassy on the nose. At first, hints of strawberry but that disappeared quickly. Pretty austere, fruitless, grippy and thin. Aftertaste of bitter herbs. Not a hint of fruit. I’m sure it’s well made and, as the label says, a “wine of place.” Made in the mountains outside Madrid in granite soil. I’m sure it reflects the cool challenging environment for wine with this grape in that region, but I’m not …

2018 vintage

Wildflowers, blackberry, black tea, elegant, lightly extracted

2017 vintage

Similar impression to DCWino's note, albeit I will not claim quite that level of detail. The wine gained weight and breadth on the second night, which offset some of the sharpness of the first night and made it a more complete wine. I will admit to having opened this earlier than I probably would have preferred, but I was curious to try, having heard good things about it. I think this will yield more with time, but that's just a …

2018 vintage

Drank from a magnum over the course of two nights. Good but not spectacular (I suppose that’s fair for the price). Tart red fruit, clove, vanilla and mineral. Low alcohol but had some heat to it over both nights. Drinkable but acidic so better in a few years.

2018 vintage

Wine gathering at RJ's; 4/4/2023-4/7/2023 (South Carolina) : Pale red. Expressive nose displaying delicious pure bright red fruit, pomegranate, strawberry jam, animal, mint, pepper, tobacco, spicy spices and strong iron mineral. Very good concentration, finely layered pure red fruit, cool and precise, medium acidity, strong iron mineral and a long bright red fruit driven finish with a hint of animal and strong black pepper at the end. This cool interesting Grenache brings back a fond memory of trying a few …

2018 vintage

No formal note taken. This was similar to other bottles, the same etherial, almost burgundian, profile with its typical pale colour. As ever the alcohol didn't protrude and the Grenache from Commando G was nothing like the typical Chateauneuf offering (Rayas aside). T I thought this bottle lacked the bright crunchy red fruit of previous bottles but this was the oldest I have tried so it may be age or vintage. I just don't drink enough of this to know. …

2018 vintage

Incredibly light red color. Bouquet of ripe strawberries, jam, crushed stone. Fresh and sweet palate, ripe berries, mint, yeast, long yet thin finish. This improved over three nights, feels slightly thin and volatile, but overall interesting and elegant wine.

2018 vintage

Pale garnet in color (or is it ruby, I am not really good at deciphering the very minuscule shades of colours) the wine has a nose of knockout intensity, delivering waves of perfect cool climate Grenache fruit. In fact it is typical Garnacha from the continental Spain, nowhere near the somber dark fruited concentration of its Priorat counterparts. Yes, the nose is expressive yet it’s simple: candied raspberry and strawberry fruit and hints of stems and rhubarb. Same is true …

2018 vintage

Wines of the Camino de Santiago; 9/13/2022-10/19/2022 (Northern Spain) : This was bought at the restaurant. It pours a pale ruby color. The nose is fresh and lively right away with bright red Cherries, strawberries, fresh picked berries, rose petals, crushed rocks, red currants, some stems, herbs, licorice, and red flowers. The Medium bodied feel is balanced with tart, medium+ acidity and youthful, medium+ tannins. The red fruits are crunchy but the mid-palate lacks a bit right now. Hopefully with …

2018 vintage

Pale cranberry in color, with a dusty nose showing tart red plums with just a hint of acacia flowers. Palate has a distinctive bitterness, tart, very saline character. Decanting helped, somewhat softens the bitterness, but not to a degree that it isn't highly evident. Either this is shut down, or there must be quite a bit of bottle variation: Doesn’t really resemble the Vinous TN.

2018 vintage

Just like my previous note but with slightly less fresh fruit. Tannins more apparent so IMO the wine will not be getting any better. Still deliciousBut not as delicious as six months ago. I will start treating these wines like I would cru Beaujolais. Drink up within 3-5 years in their glorious youth

2018 vintage

Shiny lighter ruby color. Pretty explosive, with notes of pure red berries, strawberries, some red cherries, but also some herbal notes, flowers, some spices, orange zest and then there is a bunch of chalky/granite minerality adding grip. It‘s medium-bodied, with medium+ acidity and just a touch of tannin. Very good persistence too. Pretty long finish with plenty of complexity. A very pretty wine and a testament of the potential of higher altitude Garnacha in Sierra de Gredos. (93+)

2018 vintage

no proper note, but drank vey well at this point. will keep for a long time, very well balanced. 91p

2018 vintage

Very light in color- like Trousseau from the Jura based on appearance. Never in a million years would have pegged this for Grenache/Garnacha. Light strawberry and fresh red cherry fruit aromas along with herbal and slightly spicy notes. JVIZ gives a good call on the bay leaf. Light in the mouth with very little tannins and nice lively acidity. Unfortunately, the flavors are dominated by brett. It's by no means undrinkable, and it's still decent enough with a slight chill …

2018 vintage

Went for another bottle and this one was quite a bit better! Completely transparent in the glass, full aromas of wild strawberry, bay leaf, and stony minerals. Less Brett in this bottle I think. It stood out in a tasting lineup and showed well.

2018 vintage

醒酒接近一个半小时，很淡的宝石红色，颜色非常迷人，闻香有马厩味，新鲜红果和石灰气息，入口酸度高，酒液咸，矿物感明显，口感紧致，单宁很细，红果和紫罗兰香气，后段香料感，余味是新鲜红果，一款标准的自然酒特点作品，有着很好的结构感，酒体和复杂度稍逊。能把歌海娜处理得如此轻盈优雅确实很特别。

2018 vintage

red fruits, a bit of darker fruits, peppercorns, herbs, nice med+ acid.

2017 vintage

PnP'ed (blinded), and let to breathe in the bottle whilst we had the whites. By the time this was poured, it was all-giving. All identified the nose as roses... and more roses... with a bit of light-red berries. Almost ethereal on the palate, the color was pale-red but its palate was anything but pale/light, with discernible structure though enveloped by silky-smooth satin texture with a nice taste-intensity (red-fruits) to it. None thought/guessed that this was a Grenache, probably due to …

2017 vintage

PnP'ed... This was giving right from the start, esp. on the nose. Wildly floral - scents of roses (bandung), spice, sandalwood, strawberries wafted from the glass almost immediately. Light on the palate at first, but gained more amplitude with air/time - red-fruited, satiny texture, medium-bodied, with more notes of strawberries in tow... Finished with a tinge of bitterness though, but nothing inhibiting; Instead, it perhaps made it a bit more complexed & interesting. This is one elegant Grenache!

2017 vintage

red cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, dried leaves/twigs like a forest floor in autumn, nice acidity. very elegant.

2017 vintage

Very light and delicious, my last bottle.

2017 vintage

Quite aromatic from the start with lots of red fruit and flowers. On palate, red fruited with earth and moderate acidity. Improved considerably with air and much better in day two than first day. Good wine, but not quite seeing the super high praise these get. Might have been too young or just not in my wheelhouse.

2017 vintage

More amazing than ever nose is so fantastic and pure, actually more Pinot Noir than Grenache, after glow is seduction as I like it.

2017 vintage

Light cherry color. Red fruit on the nose mixed with cinnamon and purple flowers. Pretty cool. Light bodied with good fruit depth and a soapy finish with good punch. This will improve. I like it a bunch. (91+)

2017 vintage

Bright red fruit immediately jumps out of the glass. This is followed by roses, herbs, and strong granitic minerality. Medium tannin, medium + acidity, and a strong finish make this an impressively structured Grenache. One of the best representations of Spanish Grenache I’ve ever had. A meaningful jump from Bruja de Rozas, significantly more aromatic and complex.

2017 vintage

Served chilled, drunk from Zalto Bordeaux, color very light with some brown tinge, nose delicious cranberries, aftertaste light and complex, dark fruits.

2017 vintage

Cherry, raspberry, strawberry, watermelon rind, floral. nice acidity and long finish. a bit of earth & forest floor. a bit of tannic spice.

2017 vintage

This isn't too far off from Bernabeleva's higher-end cuvées, but I find it more tannic and a little more earthy (relatively - it's still pretty ethereal). The news is that I drank one glass a night, just recorking the bottle in between, and my last glass on night 4 tasted remarkably like the first. This is some well-made stuff.

2017 vintage

pale red, almost veering towards pink in a wide glass. extremely alluring aroma of wild strawberries with just the slightest undertones of cream, wood and chocolate. very light and airy in the mouth, with strawberries and sour cherries on attack, followed by high salinity and acidity in mid palate, and a pleasantly bitter finish with notes of cocoa and earth. perfectly balanced and engaging on all levels, especially suited for fans of light and ethereal wines. lower alcohol helps to …

2017 vintage

Very pale, pinky. Some, wild, interest on the nose and palette. Strawberry, strawberry ripple ice cream. Structured with good acidity. Drying tannins throughout the drinking period and slightly bitter finish. Like much about this. Interesting to see this when it is resolved. But, ultimately, I feel unsatisfied by it. On both nights I had it, I wanted a something else after. 13.5%

2017 vintage

Love the wine and on the palate it brings back very early impressions of young Rayas in profound years , with the intermingling of strawberry and granitic notes...And the almost Burgundian weightlessness. glad I just came into a 6 pack and a 1.5 litre. Also had the 2014 recently, and that is an absolute knockout, has taken on considerable weight.

2017 vintage

Iberian Wimps (La Trompette, Chiswick) : Very pale garnet, wide pale rim. Nose is subtle yet complex with light strawberry fruit, floral notes, touch of soil and liquorice. Medium bodied, gentle strawberry fruit, fine, soft tannins, moderate acidity, long harmonious finish with that touch of liquorice again. Lovely (100% garnacha).

2017 vintage

Raspberries, violets, mineral, underbrush. Med + acid, med drying tannin. Translucent, energetic

2017 vintage

Decanted 30 min, colour very light red, nose loads of berries, taste delicious fresh and mineral this is how Grenache should be.

2017 vintage

Comando G has taken a rose garden, sweet raspberries, ripe strawberries, a touch of sweet liquorice and a pinch of rainy soil and put it into a bottle. Rozas 1er cru 2017, that is. Beautiful brilliant ruby colour. Juicy and delicate, with elegant dry tannins.

2017 vintage

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