Bodegas y Vinedos Maurodos, Cartago

The mind-bending ‘Cartago Paraje del Pozo’ Toro comes is comprised of 90% Tinta de Toro and 10% other grape varieties, coming from an own-rooted, 45-year-old single vineyard. This is the inaugural vintage of this wine that shows very inky in the glass, this shows off amazing power with its massive dark and blue fruit profile. Pencil lead, and creme de violette notes combine with mocha, tar and iron with heady blue fruits on the palate. Finishing long with beautiful tension and viscosity, this is quite simply a masterpiece by San Roman.

Winery: San Román Bodegas y Viñedos
Appellation: Toro
Average age of vines: 45 years old
Farming Methods: Practicing Organic, incorporating some Biodynamic principles and practices
Maturation: Aged in new and used French oak barrels for 36 months
Soil: Sandy, loose textured soil over clay sub-soil
Varietal: 90% Tinta de Toro and 10% Other grape varieties
Vineyard Orientation: 700+ meters
Vineyard Size: N/A

Wine	Scores	Downloads	Reviews
Bodegas y Vinedos Maurodos, Cartago 2020	93 Vinous The 2020 Cartago is 100% Tinta de Toro and was aged for three years in barrels and two in bottle. Dark garnet in color, it opens with balsamic and herbal notes, bay leaf and ripe fruit, especially plum, followed by subtle thyme and oak. The palate is creamy, with plush reactive tannins, and is full-bodied and flavorful. A structure Toro with energy and aging potential”. 95 Wine Advocate The dark, almost opaque red 2020 Cartago Paraje del Pozo, pure Tinta de Toro from ancient engrafted vines, is quite a bruiser, with 15% alcohol and packing abundant tannins, but the tannins are very fine and make it finer-boned than what I expected from the color and nose. It’s very smoky, with toasty notes and a hint of fountain pen ink and graphite—think black. I’d still wait to pull the cork; it’s going to take bottle aging to tame those tannins. The élevage was long, 31 months in new and used French oak barrels. 3,600 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2023. This is one for the long haul.	Bottle Image Label Image Shelf Talker Tech Sheet