Baldovar 923 - Valencia

Located in the mountains of Valencia, in the village of Baldovar (at 923 meters altitude). Baldovar 923 was born in 2016 as a dream of its four founders and based on the tremendous potential to produce high quality wines given the purity of the soils, climatic characteristics, high altitude, and the old vine varieties of the area.  They restored the wine cellars from a cooperative built in 1958 that had closed more than a decade prior. Their 14 hectares of vines are 20-80 years old and grow at 900-1,200 meters altitude. Their wines are made with as little intervention as possible, both in the vineyards and in the cellar using indigenous yeasts with no added fining agents, nutrients, or chemicals.

Baldovar 923 Cañada París Blanco 2023

100% Merseguera from 20-60 year-old vines planted at 900-1,200 meters in chalky limestone and sand schists from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods. Bush (en vaso) vines.

Winemaking:  Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel (90%) and 500L French oak  (10%).  Blended and rested on the fine lees for 9 months in all stainless.   Low total SO2 (35 mg/L).  Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Production: 1,180 cases

Baldovar 923 Arquela 2023

100% Merseguera from two 40-year-old plots. Areniscas (920m) and Rambla de Arquela (850m) in silica slates with chalky clay over limestone bedrock from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods. Bush (en vaso) vines.

Winemaking:   Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel (60%) and 500L French oak  (40%).  Once fermentation is complete, the wines are racked and aged in stainless steel tank over their fine lees.  Low total SO2 (<5 mg/L).  Bottled  unfined and unfiltered.

Production: 1,200 bottles

Baldovar 923 Rascaña 2020

70% Merseguera/30% Macabeu from 20-60 year-old vines planted at 900-1,200 meters in chalky limestone and sand schists.

Winemaking:  Spontaneous fermentation with the skins for 50% (all Merseguera), leaving the remaining Merseguera and Macabeu to ferment without skins after a pre fermentative maceration for a half lunar cycle.  Aged for 10 months in stainless steel tanks, used 500 liter barrels, and “Padilla” 250 liters clay amphora. Blended one day before bottling.

Production: 560 cases

Baldovar 923 Cerro Negro Mencía 2020

100% Mencía from 40-year-old vines planted at 980 meters. Bush (goblet) and trellis trained vines.

Winemaking:  70% destemmed for semi-carbonic maceration and 30% whole cluster for cold carbonic maceration.  Spontaneous fermentation with the skins for a half lunar cycle where grapes are softly extracted with daily foot stomping.  10 months aging with 70% in clay amphora and 30% in stainless steel.  Low total SO2 (19 mg/L).  Unfined with a very gentle filtration to remove sediment.

Production: 300 cases

Baldovar 923 Berandía Bobal 2020

100% Bobal from 20-30 year-old vines planted at 960-1,170 meters in chalky limestone and sand schists from the Cretaceous and Jurassic periods. Bush (en vaso) vines.

Winemaking:   Spontaneous fermentation and a light daily bâtonnage.   Aged 18 months in 500L French oak and stainless.  Minimal total SO2 (14 mg/L).  Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Production: 250 cases

Decanter 95 - Baldovar 923 Cerro Negro Mencía 2020

This project was founded in 2016 at the former cooperative in Baldovar (at 923m), with the aim of working with local indigenous vines. The 14ha of vineyards are certified organic, and the winemaking is a blend of carbonic and semi-carbonic maceration. The free-run juice of the semi-carbonic ages in clay tinajas, the remainder in stainless steel. The final blend includes 54L of the previous vintage, from a glass demijohn.

Sarah Jane Evans MW:  Notes of cranberries, Morello cherries, sweet spice. Plump, generous entry, fine expression of juice, undertones of fennel, liquorice, mint. Mediterranean Mencía!.

Beth Willard:  Great balance of ripe red fruits and acidity with well integrated oak. Perhaps better drunk slightly younger.

David Williams:  Bright, gently perfumed, juicy macerated cherry and plum. Fluency and drinkability, graceful softness with a touch of basil-like herbal interest.

RP91 - Baldovar 923 Cañada París Blanco 2023

Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

Issue Date: February 12, 2026

The white 2023 Cañada París comes from dry-farmed Merseguera vines planted in limestone soils at 1,000 meters above sea level. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, except for 10% of the volume, which was in well-seasoned 500-liter French oak barrels. It matured in stainless steel with fine lees for nine months. It's pale, clean and expressive, with notes of white flowers and herbs, with contained ripeness, good freshness and 12.5% alcohol. 14,165 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024.  Drink 2024 - 2028

RP93 - Baldovar 923 Arquela 2023

Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

Issue Date: February 12, 2026

The white 2023 Arquela is Merseguera from two plots on sandstone soils that fermented in used 500-liter oak barrels and stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured with fine lees for nine months in stainless steel. The grapes achieved good ripeness, and the wine still has a contained 12.5% alcohol, retaining very good freshness, denoted by a pH of 3.24. The oak is neatly integrated and has given it texture but not aromas or flavors, other than a faint spicy twist. It comes through as elegant, complex, clean and tasty, with a salty twist in the finish that is dry and long. 1,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024.  Drink 2025 - 2030.

RP92 - Baldovar 923 Berandía 2020

Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

Issue Date: February 12, 2026

The red 2020 Berandía was produced with Bobal from vines at 900 to 1,200 meters above sea level on terraces. It fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged in well-seasoned oak barrels and stainless steel for 18 months. It has a more classical and developed aromatic palette with notes of Mediterranean herbs, truffles and an earthy touch. The palate is medium-bodied, polished and elegant, with good ripeness, 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.75 and good balance. It's clean and varietal, with complexity, depth and balance. 2,996 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2022.  Drink 2024 - 2030.

Baldovar 923 is a winery in the Alto Túria zone of Valencia, where they set to recover the variety Merseguera using the old facilities from the cooperative built in 1958, located at 923 meters above sea level, and the vineyards, 12 hectares in total, reach up to 1,200 meters. Here, the driest vintage of recent times was 2023, drier than 2022 or 2024. The wines are clean, modern and expressive, and the whites are certified organic. This is a new name to keep on your radar screens. Production fluctuates between 25,000 and 30,000 bottles.