Alvaro Palacios L´Ermita 2022

Alvaro Palacios L´Ermita 2022

Tinto de guarda de Alvaro Palacios

99 Suckling, 99 Decanter, 97-98 Parker, 97 Atkin, 96 Peñín y 18,5 / 20 Jancis Robinson

Variedades: 90% Garnacha, 8% Cariñena y 2% Blancas

Gratallops (Tarragona) - D.O. Ca. Priorat 

Capacidad: 75cl

Graduación: 14,5%

Elaboración: Las uvas se despalillaron y maceraron posteriormente a temperatura controlada durante 25 días. El mosto fermentó a temperatura controlada y se crió en barricas nuevas de roble francés durante 22 meses.

Notas de "The Wine Advocate"

The 2022 L'Ermita wasn't bottled when I tasted it in January 2024. They selected the grapes from 2.28 hectares out of the total 4.7 hectares planted in 1909, 1939 and 1996 to produce this red classified as Gran Vinya Classificada, the top of the quality hierarchy in the Priorat appellation. It was produced with a blend of 92% Garnacha, 7% Cariñena and 1% of the local whites, Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo and Pedro Ximénez fermented with part of full clusters and indigenous yeasts in oak vats with a maceration of 23 days followed by an élevage in French oak oval foudres that is expected to last 14 months. The parameters are 14.5% alcohol, pH of 3.49 and 4.87 grams of acidity. This is always the more complete wine here; it feels reticent, a little closed and shy, insinuating, nuanced and subtle. It has a seamless and solid palate with very fine tannins and a balanced mouthfeel. They expect to fill some 5,000 bottles in March 2024.

Notas de James Suckling

This wine comes from a warm, dry vintage, but it doesn’t retain the heat. On the contrary, it is delicate, agile and elegant, as are the rest of Palacios’ wines this year from Priorat. Only the tannin texture, which is slightly firmer and more present this year, shows the vintage character. Immense purity from its raspberry, pomegranate, mineral and white pepper notes, with touches of grilled herbs and lard. Not quite full-bodied, but the mineral tension gives it elasticity and weight. This is still closer to the more delicate and refined 2021 than to the richer and more concentrated 2020 in style, despite its vintage warmth. Stony in the finish. Drink or hold.

Notas de Decanter

L’Ermita is the second of Alvaro Palacios’ top wines to gain the Gran Vinya Classificada category. The vineyard now measures 4.7ha; it increased when Palacios and René Barbier swapped land. Work has been done to graft red varieties onto white vines. The result of the labours – including the permissions required from the Archbishop of Zaragoza for this holy hermitage – is a delight. Gloriously aromatic nose, introducing a wonderfully complex palate of cherries integrated with savoury notes, a shaft of minerality, wild herbs, and dark fruit conserve. Well-deserving of its reputation as one of Spain's great wines. Gran Vinya Classificada. 4,930 bottles produced. 99/100

Notas de cata de Peñín sobre la añada 2013: Color cereza, borde granate. Aroma expresivo, especiado, fruta madura, terroso, mineral. Boca sabroso, fruta madura, largo, buena acidez, equilibrado. 

Consumo 2026-2042