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Item Number: 7026
UPC: 8429073013663
Country: Spain
Region: Catalunya
Appellation/AVA: Priorat DOCa
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vineyard Designation: Finca Dofi
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): 80% Garnacha / 15% Cabernet / 5% Syrah
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 14.5
Viticulture: Practicing Biodynamic
Soil Type: Friable Schist on steep, terraced slopes
Case Production: 1,200
Vintage Notes: 2011 - The wines are like blends of the 2009s and 2010s. The third of a great trio of vintages.
Winemaking Notes: No filtration, fining with egg whites. Maceration for 25 days. Fermentation in oak vats with punching down. Malolactic fermentation in barrel. 80% aged in French barrique.
About the Wine: From Alvaro's original vineyard, Finca Dofí is a blend of Garnacha, Cabernet, and Syrah. Like L'Ermita, Dofí combines power and richness with great breed and finesse. In most Priorat tastings that do not include L'Ermita, Dofí is the clear winner.
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Alvaro Palacios 2011 Finca Dofi, Priorat DOCa
Rating: 95
The 2011 Finca Dofi represents a huge jump in quality for this wine. They have been re-grafting all the Cabernet Sauvignon to Garnacha (they’ve been doing that for six years) and Dofi has mostly fruit from north-facing plots which give it a special freshness, pure red fruit and blood orange, peach, subtle herbs and aniseed with an impressive elegance and balance, round and velvety tannins, without the chunkiness that Cabernet and Syrah give in Priorat, very long and persistent in the finish. I tasted it next to the 2010 Finca Dofi and you could feel the chunkiness of the Cabernet tannins in the wine, while 2011 had a rounder, softer and silkier texture. This is a superb Dofi, much more elegant and subtle than any vintage I remember, a quantum leap from past vintages. Bravo! It was only bottled in June and you can still feel a whiff of oak but it’s very drinkable and should also age for a few years. Drink 2014-2021.
- The Wine Advocate (2/28/2014)
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Alvaro Palacios 2011 Finca Dofi, Priorat DOCa
Rating: 93
Opaque ruby. Ripe red berries and cherry-cola on the highly perfumed
mineral, floral nose. Broad and deep but lively, offering sweet
raspberry, lavender pastille and mineral flavors lifted by peppery
spices. Tightly focused on the silky finish, which manages to be vibrant
and rich at the same time. Tannins come up with air but this is all
about fruit and flowers right now. This wine is virtually all Garnacha.
- International Wine Cellar (10/1/2013)
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