Over a decade ago, we tasted a wine from an historic estate nestled among the granite peaks of Spain’s Sierra de Gredos called Bernabeleva, and it completely rewired my brain. Their 80-year-old bush vines, anchored in high-altitude sandy soils, don’t produce heavy, brooding reds, but a wine of startling transparency; a lifted, electric expression of Garnacha bursting with wild raspberries, mountain herbs, and a high-wire tension.
Their newly released 2025 Camino de Navaherreros is a masterclass of that terroir. But right now, this specific vintage means something much more.
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Just weeks ago, the horrifyingly tragic wildfires that displaced tens of thousands and decimated nearly eighty-thousand hectares of vineyards in Spain tore through Gredos, and Bernabeleva was squarely in the crosshairs. While they miraculously saved their oldest, century-old vines, their winery and equipment took a devastating hit, even losing several parcels entirely, such as the Carril del Rey, which will be sorely missed. With the upcoming 2026 harvest facing unimaginable challenges and no small amount of uncertainty, this 2025 release is a pristine, untouched snapshot of this magical mountain terrain.
At its price, it is objectively one of the greatest red wine values on the planet. But more importantly, every bottle we buy right now puts crucial capital directly into the hands of this family as they rebuild their legacy.
Load up your cellar. This is class-defining, memory-creating wine—and pouring it today means ensuring this historic estate is here tomorrow.
I urge you to get yours quickly.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CAMINO DE NAVAHERREROS GARNACHA BY BERNABELEVA 2025
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY
“This bodega, established in 1923, is today one of Spain’s most dynamic producers… complex, highly perfumed wines that smoothly play power off finesse, in a style that’s reminiscent of the best producers of France’s southern Rhône valley…”
Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media
BODY / STYLE / OAK
Full-bodied / warm and spicy, floral and fruity / Oaked
SWEETNESS / ABV
Extra Dry / 13.5% alc./vol.
CELLARING /
Drink now
BEST PAIRINGS /
Breads, Cured Meat, Ham, Hard Cheese, Red Meat, Salted or Marinated Mushrooms
TASTING NOTE /
Camino de Navaherreros is a blend of different plots featuring the best from different soils and exposures. Scattered among the plots of vines there are outcrops of juniper, thyme and rosemary that lend a vibrant savoury note to the wine. Full of spicy raspberry and cherry, with a bright rose petal accent on the nose. On the palate, racy red fruit, spice, mineral, and brisk acidity meld together into a beautiful expression of no-frills, old-vine Garnacha.
BOTTLES PER CASE / DELIVERY
6 x 750mL / Complimentary
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A LITTLE HISTORY
In the 1920’s, a Madrid doctor – Vicente Álvarez-Villamil purchased a plot of land near Madrid to grow Garnacha (Grenache). The good doctor named the winery Bernabeleva, meaning the bear’s forest, as a homage to the Celtic carved stone bears that littered the area around the winery. In the 1930’s, Spain’s political instability put the vineyard on ice but the family managed to hold onto the land and the vines.
Finally in 2006, Vicente’s great-grandsons re-started the winery, still named Bernabeleva, to make wine from the now 80 year old vines. The label is a picture of Vicente’s daughter astride on one of the stone bears.
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THE LOCATION: MADRID, SPAIN
THE PRODUCER: BERNABELEVA
THE GRAPE: GARNACHA, TEMPRANILLO