Celler del Roure’s Ferrero i Senís La Pebrella 2024 is the second vintage of a small-production red aimed at a more refined, “less potent and more luminous” Mediterranean expression, as the project has been framed in local coverage. Made in Moixent in D.O. Valencia, it draws on two revived local varieties—50% Arcos and 50% Forcallà—sourced from high, limestone-influenced sites in the Terres dels Alforins area, where the estate farms organically and works largely by hand.

Winemaking is deliberately traditional and low-intervention in feel. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate notes it was made “like they think the wines were produced in the past,” with fermentation “in the stone lagar with some full clusters” and élevage “in the clay tinajas and glass demijohns.” The numbers reinforce the intended restraint: 12.91% alcohol, pH 3.4, and 4.85 grams of acidity, with bottling in December 2025, according to Wine Advocate.

In the glass, Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutiérrez says 2024 shows “the more powerful character of the year,” while keeping “the profile from the 2023 with more intensity and a little more depth and complexity, more serious.” He describes a wine that “started a little closed and austere, then slowly opened up” to “subtle aromas of violets, herbs, translucent berries and a touch of blood oranges.” The overall impression is not about extraction or oak, but about clarity and proportion. Gutiérrez concludes, “It’s balanced and harmonious, elegant and with a combination of clout and finesse.”

That assessment comes with an excellent critical result: Wine Advocate scored La Pebrella 2024 at 96 points. Production remains scarce at about 4,300 bottles, making this a focused, high-detail release rather than a volume-driven Valencian red.