The textbook and classical 2014 Montecastro has contained ripeness and nicely integrated oak, with great balance combining power and elegance. 80,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2017.

The now called simply 2013 Montecastro feel like a completely different wine from a new regime. The wine is ripe and heady but the oak feels much better integrated, and the palate is smoother and with better balance and freshness. It's mostly Tempranillo with some 5% Merlot matured in used French and American (10%) oak barrels for 13 to 18 months depending on the lot. 53,433 bottles produced.

Alconte is the new second wine from Montecastro, but it doesn’t take a back seat to anything. It’s powerful juice, with a strong mineral/floral element on the bouquet. Aged only a year in oak, it maintains a crisp, charred character and shows tight raspberry flavors, chocolate and pepper. Features all the right stuff for a debut wine from a strained vintage. ——M.S.(10/1/2010)—— 89