Est. 2001. Importer & Distributor of Fine Wine, Craft Spirits, and Ginjo Sake
|
Item Number: 7029
UPC: None
Country: Spain
Region: Castilla y Leon
Appellation/AVA: Bierzo DO
Estate Grown Wine: Yes
Vineyard Designation: Las Lamas Vineyard
Vintage: 2011
Grape(s): 100% Mencia
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 6
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 14.5
Viticulture: Practicing Biodynamic
Soil Type: Schist and clay
Elevation: 730 meters
Vineyard Information: Extremely steep vineyard of schist with clay. Las Lamas is south facing at 730 meters. Worked by hand and horse. The harvesting and destemming are done by hand.
Winemaking Notes: Fermentation takes place in oak vats with punch downs. The wine is not fined or filtered.
About Alvaro Palacios: Alvaro Palacios was already a celebrated producer of Priorat when he teamed up with his nephew Ricardo Perez, a Bordeaux trained enologist (worked at Château Margaux and other Bordelais firms like Moueix) absorbing everything he could about great wines, to fulfill his early passion for making great old vine wine from the Mencia grape. In the estate vineyards around the little town of Corullón on Bierzo’s western border, Alvaro and Ricardo believe they have found a unique combination of soils, old vines, and a distinctive variety that will yield their own grands crus.
|
|
| Reviews |
Descendientes de Jose Palacios 2011 Las Lamas, Bierzo DO
Rating: 94
The 2011 Las Lamas is a true expression of both the vintage and the vineyard, which is usually the most powerful of all the wines produced by the winery. Perhaps 2011 imprinted more character in the wine than 2010 did. The nose is full of blueberries, peach and gunpowder, wet slate, peat and smoke notes. It’s a powerful wine, this is the only vineyard where they have some clay mixed with the slate. Some fine-grained tannins hint at the need of a couple of years in bottle. Drink 2015-2026.
- The Wine Advocate (8/1/2013)
|
|
|
