Bodega 4 Kilos - 12volts 2024

I already tasted the serious and somewhat austere 2023 12 Volts last year but retasted it for this report. It has a deeper color than any of its siblings, perhaps the result of the varietal mix, 55% Fogoneu and Callet, 35% Syrah and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in 3,000-liter foudres (40%) and used 225-liter French oak barrels (60%) for eight months. 2023 was a good vintage; they got 15 centimeters of snow in March, and that was part of the reason why they got very high yields. The wine has a more commercial profile, with nice fruit, berries, herbs and spices with a balsamic touch; good ripeness beyond what the 12% alcohol would suggest; a medium-bodied palate; and some tannins that are being polished by the time in bottle. It has a pH of 3.7 and 4.5 grams of acidity. It showed a bit better this time. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2024.

4 Kilos is the quality leader in Mallorca. They keep working on the biodiversity of their vineyards, doing studies of the fauna and planting flowers to increase life in the area and the pollinating agents. All their vineyards (27+ hectares) and wines are certified organic, from which they produce around 80,000 bottles. 

Recent years have been increasingly warm and dry, but they manage to keep contained ripeness and great freshness in their wines. After the very warm and dry 2022—which is in line with 2019—2023 was a cooler year with higher yields, and the fresh and perfumed wines were very promising and elegant from early on. In 2024, there was a reduction in yields of around 40%, but the grapes showed good balance. As for 2025, they had abundant rain, over 500 liters; yields were low but quality was high, and the wines are looking approachable from early on. It is one of their finest harvests, with years like 2000, 2010, 2013 and 2020. 

They also participate in a joint venture with other wineries in the island, Ca'n Verdura, Soca-Rel, Mesquida Mora and Ca Sa Pradina, to save the vineyards from Plà de Buc, a zone of Binissalem in danger of disappearing because of the high real estate value of the land there. The wine from there is called Descornat. This is a new wine from the project Gallinas & Focas from the Fundación Esment. 

They have also been lending a helping hand to young producers under the initiative Vins joves Mallorca by doing a tasting of wines from 20 Mallorcan wineries. The tastings are open to professionals and the public, and this open-door day is a great success, with over 600 visitors at the last one. They are also writing a book about the six most important historical vineyards in Mallorca. 

And on a completely different note, they have produced a wine from Ribera del Duero in 2024! I'm looking forward to it!

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Robert Parker Wine Advocate