The Wine Advocate | RP 95
Published: Jan 31, 2023

The juicy, velvety and aromatic red 2020 Picaro del Aguila Tinto is fine-boned and quite faithfully represents what they want to express with this cuvee; it's very tasty and has some chalkiness (perhaps through less ripeness than in years like 2018) with 14% alcohol and mellow acidity. The nose reveals some Cote-Rotie-like notes of smoked meat and violets. 2020 delivered a good crop of healthy grapes that produced the finest wine to date for this bottling. This is superb, elegant and powerful, with everything in place (seems to be the signature of 2020) and perfectly integrated oak. 71,382 bottles and 1,979 magnums produced. It was bottled in September 2021. 
Drink Date: 2023 - 2030

Dominiodelaguila.com

Picaro del Aguila 2020 is a ripe red wine with a clean nose of black fruit accompanied by herbaceous notes, wild flowers and a menthol base. On the palate it's fresh, deep and elegant. A medium-bodied, pleasantly tannic wine with refreshing acidity. The finish is long, persistent and round.

Starting with viticulture and ending with winemaking, at Dominio del Águila we really strive to do everything in an artisanal way, being very respectful of nature and creating a symbiosis between tradition and knowledge. From the use of herbal infusions, such as valerian or yarrow, for the treatment of the vines, to the fact that the wine is not clarified or filtered.

With these premises, Dominio del Águila's ultimate goal is to make pure and fine wines. Organic wines that are capable of aging for a long, long time, but that can still be enjoyed at any time.

All of them are made without destemming and are trodden in the winepress as in the past. Malolactic fermentation takes place in top-quality oak vats and ageing takes place in underground galleries. There are currently around 250 oak vats.

The winery's main brand is DOMINIO DEL AGUILA. It is a red reserve wine  aged for more than 30 months in French oak barrels. We also make a claret  and a red wine  aged for about 15 months, called PÍCARO DEL AGUILA. These wines are the basis of our work, but we also have a variety of terroirs with great personality, such as CANTA LA PERDIZ, a grand reserve  aged for more than 40 months in oak barrels.