Alvaro Palacios • Priorat, Spain
Álvaro Palacios is one of the defining figures of modern Spanish wine, famed for spearheading the renaissance of Priorat…Álvaro Palacios is one of the defining figures of modern Spanish wine, famed for spearheading the renaissance of Priorat. Born into the Palacios Remondo wine family in Rioja in 1964, he studied in Bordeaux and worked at Château Pétrus befor…Learn More »
$850
/750ml
2021 Retail Average
100
/100
2021 Pro Rating
Slate-driven aromatics set the tone for the 2021 Alvaro Palacios L’Ermita, where cool blue and red berries, violet, and wild herbs glide over a spine of luminous acidity. On the palate it feels almost weightless yet deeply concentrated, with ultra-fine, polished tannins and a long, precise, saline-inflected finish that emphasizes tension and energy over sheer richness. A remarkably refined, long-lived expression that shows this vineyard in a more mineral, ethereal register than the opulent 2020.
Roast pigeon with thyme and black olive; Herb-crusted lamb rack; Charcoal-grilled turbot with wild mushrooms
