Deep dense, almost black color with a slight purple tinge. The fragrance has nuances of dark fruits with added licorice powder and notes of earth. The taste is very intense with ripe tannins and a light acidity which balances the wine.
Serving suggestion:
Dark meat, Game, Light meat, Mild cheeses
The grapes are most often harvested in the period 10 to 30 September. The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 10 months. Cleared with egg whites before bottling.
Fantastic red wine with high reviews from Spain! The grapes for Petalos del Bierzo come from a vineyard with vines that are between 40-90 years old. The vineyard is still partially cultivated with mules. The yield fluctuates, depending on the vintage, between 45-25 hl. per ha.
About Alvaro Palacios
Alvaro Palacios’ story begins many hundreds of years ago with monks. Monks who not only had time to refine the products, but were also comfortably free from financial considerations. At least according to Alvaro Palacios himself: “All the best wine regions in Europe were founded by monks. The whole basis is religious. And making the world’s best wine – or Spain’s best wine – requires a religious attitude to wine.
Alvaro Palacios is a trained oenologist in Bordeaux and has, among other things, worked at the fantastic Château Petrus in Pomerol before returning to Spain in the early 1990s to both take over and expand the family’s vineyards. As early as 1995, the critics began showering Alvaro Palacio with plenty of praise, and the star sprinkles have continued ever since – regardless of whether it is the wines of Priorat, Rioja or Bierzo that have been in the media’s spotlight. Everything Alvaro touches turns not into gold, but into God-given, tasty and very personal wines.
Spanish Alvaro Palacios grew up among nine siblings at his parents’ winery Palacios Remondo in Rioja. Surprisingly, Alvaro chose to travel rather than continue the family business, even though he had an interest in the diverse world of wine. He went to Bordeaux to train as an oenologist and then got a job at Château Petrus. He subsequently returned to Spain and settled in Priorat in 1989, which was known for its production of bulk wine. Alvaro gained a foothold here, where many other winegrowers had to give up because the vineyards gave a poor yield.
Since 1995, Alvaro Palacios has received recognition and praise for his wine production. It is especially the prestige wine L’Ermita, which is loved and has earned him a place on the list among the best wineries of Spain’s new generation.
