Guía Peñin (91/100)
R. Parker (91/100)
The heady and grapey 2021 Pruno has seen the Cabernet Sauvignon reduced to 6% of the bottled blend, and it's a powerful and ripe Ribera with 14.3% alcohol and good freshness that makes it come through as juicy and fine-boned, with chalky tannins. There are abundant notes of prunes and very ripe black fruit here. It matured in 225- and 500-liter barrels for one year.
All the wines from Finca Villacreces are now certified organic and produced with the grapes from the 154 hectares of vineyards around the winery. In 2020, they increased the use of 500-liter barrels, raw concrete and 1,200-liter oak foudres for the aging of the wines, but they still use a majority of 225-liter barrels.