#60 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2025
92 Points Wine Spectator
This fresh red leads with rubbed sage and floral notes before joining lively and crisp berry and pomegranate flavors. The generous acidity lifts the flavors onto the finish around firming, gravelly tannins, plus late hints of cherry and herbs. Grenache, Carignane and Mourvèdre. Drink now through 2034. 900 cases made.
92 Points Vinous
The 2022 Gravels is a gorgeous, beautifully balanced wine. The blend of 60% Grenache, 25% Carignane, and 15% Morvédre works so well. Understated and delicate, with lovely textural depth, the 2022 is very fine. The 100% stems are not that evident in this vintage. Instead, the 2022 speaks to total balance and class.
Winemaker Note
Bright aromatics, luxardo cherry, sage, dried rose petal. The palate maintains its red fruit intensity and carries through with supple mid-palate that’s more linear than broad. We suggest serving this bottling at cellar temperature or with a slight chill.
Gravels is our ‘village’ level blend, based on a handful of vineyards that are planted upon gravelly soils and dedicated to the Mediterranean varietals that established the foundation of our program. Since our first bottling in 2018 this has been the lone blend in our line-up. It’s a wine built to over-deliver, providing an everyday Red meant for any occasion.
About the Producer
Newfound is a small, fiercely independent California winery built around old-vine sites, organic farming, and a hands-off approach in the cellar. Gravels is their tribute to rugged, rock-strewn terroirs, blending Carignan, Grenache, and Syrah from vineyard parcels where deep-rooted vines thrive in stony, well-drained soils. The 2022 vintage, shaped by warm, dry conditions, showcases purity and energy—a wine that’s as fresh as it is grounded.
