The 2020 Prieto Picudo Rosado has a slightly blurry nose with some reductive sweaty notes intermixed with the classical red fruit aromas. The mouthfeel is better. 90,000 bottles.

The bright pink 2019 Prieto Picudo Rosado was produced with the traditional "madreo" system, which is similar to carbonic maceration, adding full clusters of grapes to the already-fermenting must to fix color and help retain a faint fizz. The Prieto Picudo grape was linked to this style of wine and process for the whole of the 19th century and until the 1950s. It has a floral and herbal nose and is young and faintly reductive, as many recently bottled whites and rosés can be, barely spritzy. 66,500 bottles produced.

The 2009 Prieto Picudo Rosado is medium pink in color with a fragrant bouquet of rhubarb and strawberry. Dry, ripe, and savory on the palate, it should prove equally versatile at picnics and at the dinner table over the next 12-18 months. Vinedos y Bodega Pardevalles is located in the new DO of Tierras de Leon, created in 2005. It works exclusively with the indigenous grape varieties Prieto Picudo and Albarin. Importer: Frontier Wine Imports, Dover, NJ; www.wineimport@optonline.net