Alvario Palacios – Is He Spain’s Most Talented Winemaker?
Les Terrasses 2005 Alvaro Palacios. Priorat. This is a fully shaped, large Spanish wine. It tastes of tar and
plum and soft leather. The fruit taste is rich and encompassing. The wine is smooth at all times. You can taste the skins of the grape at the end. The finish is long and dry.
Priorat is a small county about two hours south of Barcelona in northeast Spain. The grapes grow on terraces along steep mountain slopes. The soil is quartz and slate – a dark combination called licorello. The production is small, and the work is all done by hand. There is no room for machines. The wines are intense.
Priorat has produced great quantities of wine since the Carthusians established a monastery in the 12th century. The vines were all destroyed by the end of the 19th century by the phylloxera blight. People turned their hands to growing olives. Wine returned in the 1950’s in bulk cooperative production. Only in the last 25 years has Priorat returned to its former strength and vitality.
You could stroll over to Dedalus to try this bottle for $35.25
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