Product Details
2006 L'Ermita, Alvaro Palacios
(code: 71013B)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)
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)
| Jancis |
| 18/20 |
Maturity:
Drink 2016-2026
(For laying down)
Category: Spain
Vintage:
2006
Producer:
Alvaro Palacios
Grape Variety:
Grenache/Garnacha
Style:
Medium Bodied,
Dry,
14.5% alcohol
Availability
:
More than 3 cases in stock.
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| GB Price:
£418.95
inc UK VAT per Bottle (75 cl) | |
| Special price
£377.05
Buy 12 and save £502.80 (10%) per unsplit orders of 12 |
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