- Colour Red
- Producer Alvaro Palacios
- Region Priorat
- Grape Grenache
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
2000 - L'Ermita Priorato Alvaro Palacios - 6x75cl
- Colour Red
- Producer Alvaro Palacios
- Region Priorat
- Grape Grenache
- Case size 6x75cl
- Available Now
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Jeb Dunnuck, March 2019, Score: 97
Mostly Grenache blended with some old vine Carignan (and I think some Cabernet Sauvignon), the 2000 L’Ermita is a beauty that’s still youthful. Deep ruby/plum-colored, with a smoking nose of pencil lead, ripe black cherries, blackberries, and crushed rock, it hits the palate with a full-bodied, powerful, yet pure and beautifully balanced profile. This is a fabulously pure, even elegant Grenache that still has sweet tannins and a blockbuster finish. Even at age 19 it still has another decade of longevity. Drink 2019 - 2030. 97 points. Jeb Dunnock
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This is one of Spain’s most exciting DO zones, which underwent a winemaking revolution in the 1990s, when it began producing the world’s greatest Garnachas (aka Grenache). The DO is covered with extremely low-yielding old vines, with an average production of just 5 or 6 hl/ha. Poor stone soils make up the terraced vineyards, and the Garnachas they bear are hugely concentrated, with fulsome alcohol and fruit richness, tempered with tingling minerality.