Telmo Rodríguez’s Pegaso “Pizarra” 2014 is a single-vineyard Garnacha from the Sierra de Gredos, sourced in the Cebreros zone of Castilla y León. The “Pizarra” name points to the slate soils that help define the wine’s profile, and the fruit comes from old, low-yield bush vines at high elevation (around 900 meters). At the time, the area was bottled under the regional IGP Vino de la Tierra de Castilla y León, before Cebreros later gained DO status.

This is a traditionally framed, low-intervention expression of Garnacha, and it earned excellent critical reception. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate awarded it 95 points, calling it “finally my favorite of all the bottles I tasted” in that session. The review notes that the wine “aged in ancient large clay amphorae and used 500- and 600-liter French oak barrels for two years,” yet “shows no oak whatsoever in the nose or palate,” a key detail for readers wary of overt barrel influence.

In aromatic and flavor terms, Wine Advocate highlights a growing season that “seems to have achieved a perfect ripening of the grapes,” with “notes of aromatic herbs and acid berries, even a touch of blood orange,” and emphasizes that there are “no hints of over-ripeness at all.” The same review is also confidently long-term in outlook: “I have no doubt this 2014 will live for 15 years.” Production is relatively limited at “13,951 bottles,” according to the publication.

James Suckling also rated the wine highly at 94 points, focusing on clarity and energy: “Very focused fruit… bright… Extremely pure and bright. Vibrant.” Suckling describes “blueberry aromas and flavors,” with a “medium body” and a “tangy and firm” shape, and suggests an early-drinking window: “Drink now.”

Taken together, the reviews point to a slate-driven Gredos Garnacha that balances ripeness with freshness, delivering vivid fruit, herbal lift, and structure—built to drink well today while also having the stuffing to age.