Álvaro Palacios - Les Terrasses - Priorat
94 points - The Wine Advocate
93 points - The Wine Advocate
94 points - The Wine Advocate
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Álvaro Palacios - Les Terrasses - Priorat
94 points - The Wine Advocate
93 points - The Wine Advocate
94 points - The Wine Advocate
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The regional 2019 was produced with a blend of grapes from 80 plots in eight villages. The destemmed and lightly crushed grapes fermented in concrete and oak vats with indigenous yeasts, and the wine matured in French oak barrels for 12 months.
What happened here is that Cariñena was burned by a heat spike of 43 degrees Celsius on the 28th of June, and there was a wildfire in Montsant that perhaps could have warmed things up even more. I think there might be a change toward more Garnacha and elegance in the wines from Álvaro Palacios in Priorat, as this is brighter and less rustic than this wine used to be, more polished, perfumed, and fine.
The 2016 Les Terrasses has vibrant acidity in a warm year when ripening stopped as the vines blocked and stopped producing sugar and maintained the acidity. The grapes were small because the year had also been very dry. It's juicy and with good ripeness and some dusty tannins, reminiscent of the dusty roads among the vineyards of Priorat.
In 2019, Les Terrasses was exceptionally high in Garnacha, the tendency in this cuvée. Cariñena suffered more from the mildew of 2020, and the final blend of the 2020 Les Terrasses was 72% Garnacha and 28% Cariñena.
It is gentle, honest and with typically representing the wines from yesteryear but clean and harmonious, with nice balance and no oxidation or volatility, so an updated version of the traditional wines.
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