Reviving Ancient Spanish Vineyards, Comando G

"The things you love are the things you invest time in."

That's the motto Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi and Fernando García have lived by and largely explains the evolution and success of Comando G, the project they founded in 2008.

G stands for Garnacha, Gredos and granite, the region's terroir- and visually defining rock; it's also a nod to the Spanish version of the 1970s cartoon, Battles of the Planets, in which a team of stylishly caped heroes called G-Force ('Comando G') protect the Earth from alien threats.

Together, the two became friends while studying oenology and viticulture in Madrid. Days ended with open bottles, music, and late-night conversations. Then, during a roadtrip in Burgundy, their understanding of wine changed, realizing the importance of native varietals and the need to revive Gredos's forgotten ancient vines.

Regional: La Bruja
Village: Villanueva, Navatalgordo, Rozas
Parajes 1 Cru (1er Cru): La Brena, Pena la Mora, Minogogil
Parcelas (Grand Cru, single parcel): El Tamboril, Las Iruelas, Las Umbrías, Tumba des Rey Moro

Winemaking is consistently delicate across the range: Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with native yeasts in open vats. The caps are submerged instead of pumping over the juice (remontage). Élevage takes place in 500L-700L French oak barrels, foudres, cement and clay amphorae. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, with minimum SO2 added.

2022 Comando G Valle Del Alto Alberche - Sierra De Gredos Pena La Mora 1er Cru
WA95
"A new lieu-dit or paraje red wine, the 2022 Peña la Mora 1er was produced from old-vine Garnacha from 1.17 hectares at 1,200 meters in altitude and a northern exposure on granite soils in the village of Navatalgordo. This is where El Tamboril is, so it has some commonalities and is concentrated, with some meaty notes, yeasts and red cherries. It has the grainy, somewhat Italian tannins from the Navatalgordo village, with freshness that feels unusual for 2022. It's a wine with more intensity (from the cold, it has more polyphenols), but the wine is also cooler, reflecting the higher altitude. It takes time glass to open up in the glass. 4,239 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2024."
-Luis Gutiérrez

2022 Comando G Valle Del Alto Alberche - Sierra De Gredos La Brena
WA96+
"The vino de paraje (lieu-dit) 2022 La Breña 1er makes a comeback after the 2020 vintage, as it was not produced in 2021. This has a similar profile to the single-vineyard La Breña; it's perfumed and elegant, without the precision of the single vineyard but still amazingly elegant, with very fine granite tannins and a supple, almost salty twist in the finish that makes you salivate. This is so fresh that I forgot we were tasting a wine from 2022. It's narrow, complete, mineral, elegant and crisp, with Villanueva finesse. 3.568 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2024."
-Luis Gutiérrez

2022 Comando G Valle Del Tiertar - Sierra de Gredos Las Umbrias
WA95+
"I tasted two vintages of many of the single-vineyard wines, 2022 and 2023, as some 2022s had an extended élevage, spending extra time in concrete to polish them, because they felt some wines needed it in a warmer year. That's the case with this 2022 Las Umbrías; it spent three winters in the winery instead of two, the extra time in concrete. This is one of the most chameleon-like wines, greatly marked by the character of the years. It has the profile of the warmer years, closer to 2020 after the most unusual 2021, a little earthier, with slightly grainier tannins, especially when tasted next to the 2023. But it still has the elegance of Umbrías, the iron-like sensations from Rozas de Puerto Real and the balance and subtleness. 2,809 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2025."
-Luis Gutiérrez

2022 Comando G Valle Del Alto Alberche - Sierra De Gredos El Tamboril Tinto
WA97+
"The nose and palate of the 2022 El Tamboril Tinto are really tight; it's a wine that needs more time (they reckon the 2016 is the one drinking well in 2024). It has a lot of energy and still has some creaminess and spiciness (from the élevage?). It has tons of fine tannins, giving it a powdery, dry texture. It fermented in concrete and oak, trying not to extract, fermenting with some juice without skins, a super infusion with even less extraction than the others as it has natural power. It matured in a 10,000-liter Stockinger oak foudre. 1,334 bottles and 30 magnums were filled in May 2024. This is the wine in the portfolio that needs time in bottle."
-Luis Gutiérrez

Landi and García have achieved something incredibly rare: Classic and unpretentiously cool Spanish wines that appeal to both drinkers and collectors alike.

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