2006 L'Ermita, Alvaro Palacios
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Product:
71013B
Bottle Size:
Bottle
(75 cl)
Case Size:
12
Maturity:
Drink 2016-2026
(For laying down)
Vintage:
2006
Producer:
Alvaro Palacios
Grape Variety:
Grenache/Garnacha
Style:
Medium Bodied,
Dry,
14.5% alcohol
| Jancis |
| 18/20 |
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100% Garnacha in 2006, L’Ermita is made from 60-100 year old vines,
farmed at 15 hl/hectare and then aged for 18-19 months in new French barrels.
2006 is the first time that the wine is made exclusively from Garnacha; for me
the result is surprisingly supple and approachable. In anticipation of a
monolithic monster, a rock of mistanthropic certitude, one is astonished to
taste a soft and wonderfully fruity wine, its tannins tightly woven, its colour
gently warming and its personality far from hermitic.
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
A jaw-dropping price for Palacios’ Grand Vin, but my God it is a beauty.
Pure, tight, and seemingly rather light on the nose at first, the concentration
of mineral-infused, slightly smoky red fruit begins to come into focus. The
palate has fantastic natural concentration with a great core of intense
minerality, around which is layered the sweet fruit and shimmering acidity.
Wearing its oak and structure lightly, this is serious stuff and probably
fairly invincible.
(88/100 points The Wine Gang - Top 20 BBR Wines - July 09)
(88/100 points The Wine Gang - Top 20 BBR Wines - July 09)
| Jancis |
| 18/20 |
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100% Garnacha. Sweet oak, soft red fruit, delicate spices, but overall
extremely tight on the nose. A kernel of concentrated pure fruit on the palate,
savoury spices, leather, liquorice, dried red fruit too, and a meat juice
scent. Concentrated but not heavy. Just barely evolving now, very dense and
immensely lengthy.
(Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com - 16-Jan-2008)
(Richard Hemming - jancisrobinson.com - 16-Jan-2008)
| Jancis |
| 18/20 |
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