Javi Revert ‘Simeta’ Arcos 2023

I had tasted the unbottled 2023 Simeta, pure Arcos, last year next to the 2022 vintage. 2023 was a cooler year, basically saved by some rain at the end of the summer. The vines were planted in 1970 on sandy soils with iron and fragmented limestone. The wine had a similar vinification and élevage, 100% full clusters in concrete and aging in a 1,500-liter oak vat and 500-liter barrels, followed by a further six months in concrete. Compared to the 2022, it has lower alcohol, 13.5%, a lower pH, 3.48, and 5.3 grams of acidity. It is obviously young, but it already shows narrower and longer, more complete, but also more approachable and with better parameters. Simeta now shows more primary than Foradà; it feels very pretty but somehow Foradà has grown in complexity. The palate has terrific balance and elegance and an ethereal side to it. 2,700 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2025. 97pts, Luis Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate

Revert has planted a further three hectares close to his Simeta vineyard, Arcos, with a density of 3,000 plants per hectare. In 2024, they enlarged the team with a new agronomical engineer, completing the team of four to manage their 12.42 hectares of vines. A new turning point has been the recent visit of Chilean soil expert Pedro Parra to study the soils of the vineyards and the consulting they have begun with Josep Ramón de la Maza to help with the ongoing regenerative agriculture. All of this is making them question many of the things they were doing, as they refine their understanding of the soil and delve even deeper into the relationship between vineyard, landscape and wine. In 2025, Revert produced 25,000 bottles and hopes to produce 30,000 in 2028.