The red 2018 Citius Pinot Noir is medium-bodied and has notes of cherries and other red berries with a creamy and spicy twist. It's delicate and velvety with very fine tannins and is unusually ripe with 14.5% alcohol that is well disguised and balanced by freshness and acidity. It matured in French oak barrels for 18 months, and the oak is neatly integrated and folded into the wine. 30,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2020. It's evolving quite slowly and feels approachable and ready.

There is varietal character and finesse in the 2017 Citius Pinot Noir, a pure Pinot Noir with ripe red fruit and integrated oak after it spent 18 months in Burgundy barrels. It's ripe, reflecting the character of the year. This is ready now. 35,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2019.

I think I found more typicity of the place than the grape in the 2016 Citius Pinot Noir. It's a very pleasant red, with cherry and spicy aromas, a vibrant palate with fine tannins, integrated acidity and long lasting flavors, intense and very pleasant, but if you approach it with Burgundy in mind, you'll be completely disappointed. If you're open-minded and forego the variety, the wine delivers a lot of pleasure for the price asked, with some complexity and lots of balance and elegance. It packs 14.5% alcohol, but it's very well disguised. 29,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2018.

The 2006 Citius Pinot Noir (a rarely seen grape in Spain except in the Penedes Cava region where it is used in sparkling wine) spent 19 months in seasoned French oak. It gives up a charming perfume of sandalwood, Asian spices, incense, and black cherry. Smooth-textured, savory, and moderately concentrated, it lacks the complexity of the finest Pinot Noirs but it displays plenty of varietal character. Drink it over the next 4-5 years. The Alta Pavina label is produced by Great Wines From Spain.Importer: South River Imports, Edgewater, MD; Tel. (240) 401-9342