Viña Zorzal’s Señora de las Alturas is a single-vineyard Garnacha from Navarra, built around the estate’s long-running focus on site-specific Grenache from traditional plantings. The fruit comes from the Pontigos vineyard in Fitero, a historic parcel of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera bush vines said to be more than a century old. Yields are described as very low—under roughly 3,000 kg/ha—an important detail for a wine that aims for concentration without losing freshness.

Winemaking is similarly classical and restrained: fermentation with native yeasts in open 500-liter oak vessels, then about 15 months in second-use French oak after malolactic fermentation. The stated alcohol for the 2024 vintage is around 13.5% (some sources cite 14%), consistent with a style that prioritizes detail over weight.

Critical response to the 2024 release is excellent. Vinous awarded 98 points, an elite score that signals not just quality but real distinction in its category. Writing for Vinous, Joaquín Hidalgo highlights a nose that is “expressive and layered,” starting with “pomegranate and violet” before moving into “blood orange, rose petals and a faint reductive note that adds complexity.” That aromatic range points to a Garnacha driven as much by florality and citrus-tinged freshness as by fruit richness.

On the palate, Hidalgo notes “a light ripeness but remains agile and tightly shaped,” with a finish marked by “a gentle grip.” Those comments suggest a wine with fine, controlled tannin and a clear structural line rather than overt sweetness or oak-derived heft. He sums up the style as “precise and vibrant in flavor,” calling it “a serious Garnacha defined by clarity and aromatic lift.”

Overall, Señora de las Alturas 2024 reads as a flagship old-vine Navarra Garnacha: carefully matured, transparently handled, and reviewed at a level that places it among the region’s most compelling contemporary reds.