Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita Priorat DOCa 2012
Alvaro Palacios
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Álvaro Palacios L'Ermita 2012
Tasting notes
Ratings
Robert Parker: 98
"Last time I tasted with him, Alvaro Palacios was talking about the 2012 L'Ermita as though it was the best wine in his 24 years in Priorat. It was also the latest to be harvested and had the lowest yields ever, so the expectation about the wine was really high. The wine has been in bottle since mid-April 2014. Produced with the blend found in this north-facing amphitheater, 92% Garnacha, 7% Carinena and the remaining 1% of white grapes. The people who harvest pick the grapes off the stems one by one and discard whatever is not perfect. The wine is all finesse and subtlety with notes of flowers, red fruit and minerals in great balance. The palate is elastic, meaning it fills all the corners and is both powerful and elegant, plus rough and delicate. Simply a great wine." - Luis Gutierrez
Guia Penin: 97
Jancis Robinson: 19/20
The nose is closed and very young today, it shows an elegant character of figs, dark fruit and gentle toast. The palate is quite striking and more expressive than the nose. Concentrated but fluid, superb and delicate tannins for a Priorat wine. Great balance and elegance with a positive reductive character. Decantation is mandatory to obtain full potential. Year after year L'Ermita gains delicacy.
Characteristics Álvaro Palacios L'Ermita
L'Ermita is one of those wines that crosses the border of what a wine is, to become an object of desire, an exclusive piece, worshipped and coveted by many and achieved by very few.
L'Ermita is the great masterpiece by Alvaro Palacios in Priorat. A sublime red wine made from Grenache with a small percentage of Cariñena and 2% of white grape varieties.
The grapes used for its production come from a small plot of just over 2 acres with slate floors and very old vines, between 75 and 100 years old, located in the village of Gratallops. The low production is carefully selected. The selected grapes are destemmed and gently squeezed. The varieties are vinified separately. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in small wooden vats, applying movements to extract all possible colour and fruit.
The malolactic fermentation and subsequent aging takes place in new French oak barrels for a period of 18 months.
L'Ermita is one of Spain's best-known wines. A masterpiece. A round wine, spectacular. With all the character and personality of Priorat.
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