Nestled in the valley of Alberche, amidst the snowy peaks of Gredos and Guadarrama, the Cebreros vineyard is characterized by its dizzying, almost ravine-like slopes, where old vines over 76 years old spread their roots.
These conditions, together with the utmost respect for the land and the limited production of the old vines, distil the essence of the fruit into the bottle, resulting in a wine with a unique personality, and a true sense of place.
Canopy was founded by Alfonso Chacón and Belarmino Fernández with the vision of creating organic, low-intervention wines that show nuance and character. Their wines have gained international praise for their purity and quality, as the famed Michel Bettane said in Shanghai, they represent the “renaissance of wines in Spain”.
Among the top wineries producing organic wines and recuperating ancestral Garnachas located at a high altitude in the beautiful "Sierra de Gredos” not far from Madrid.
The vision of these oenologists, interested in what the terroir and the grape represent, has placed their wines at the same level as the best low-intervention French wines, perfectly defined by the term “vin de garage”.
Their wines derive their authenticity straight from the land, by selecting the best vines, caring for them sustainably, clearly identifying each plot with only one or two barrels, and blending them in the bottle to create something out of this world.
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Ratings & Reviews
93 Points 2015 Vintage - Robert Parker (The Wine Advocate) - Luis Gutierrez didn't try the 2010 vintage. The Winemakers say it is better than the 2009 and 2015, after maturing in the bottle for ten years.
"The 2015 Kaos is the Garnacha from the village of Cebreros in Ávila. Produced with grapes from the Arrebatacapas zone of Cebreros, it fermented with full clusters and matured in 500 and 600-litre oak barriques for 18 months. They feel this wine, from slate soils, needs at least five years in bottle, because it's very edgy and powerful when young. They haven't bottled any vintages after this 2015, but they might do it again in the future. They feel this is starting to be drinkable now. It has a darker profile, both because of the soils and also the character of the year. Time in bottle has polished its tannins, but they are still abundant and give it a powdery texture and mouthfeel. 1,350 bottles were filled in February 2017."
- Luis Gutiérrez for Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
