The La Mujer Cañón 2023 wine is a red wine made from the Garnacha grape variety grown in the highlands (950 meters above sea level) surrounding Madrid and bottled under the Uvas Felices brand name. The grapes used for this wine are harvested from vines that are 60 to 70 years old, and this age is reflected in the wine's character. Here, the emphasis is on refined flavor and freshness rather than body.
Altitude plays a key role here. At 900 meters above sea level, nights are cool, which slows the accumulation of sugar and preserves acidity, a brake that is essential for the Garnacha variety, which is produced in the warmer central region of Spain. The wine is then aged in barrels for 14 months. This is a sufficient period to round out the wine's sharp edges without imparting woody flavors.
The result is one of the freshest wines among the Spanish Garnacha varieties. Rather than jam-like flavors, this wine is dominated by nuances of red berries, with a crisp, stony character typically found in old vines grown in poor soil. Madrid remains an underrated region for this variety, but it is precisely wines like this that are beginning to change that perception.
Robert Parker (95)
The single-vineyard Garnacha 2023 La Mujer Cañón comes from a north-facing, one-hectare plot of vines that were planted in 1934 on granite soils at 950 meters in altitude. The vineyard is worked organically and biodynamically. Fermentation was with indigenous yeasts and full clusters in an oak vat with 60 days of maceration. The wine matured in a 1,200-liter oak foudre and two oak barrels, one 300 liters and one 500 liters. The grapes tend to have thicker skins, and the wine has a less Mediterranean character, serious and balanced, powerful, with 15% alcohol, despite being harvested early, but the alcohol is not noticeable. It feels a little closed and a little shy. It's a wine that needs more time in bottle and in the glass to open up. 2,400 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2025.
BOW (8.5)
