2022 | Alvaro Palacios 'Les Terrasses' Velles Vinyes | Priorat Bodegas Aizpurua Very well-structured

Very well-structured

This is the so-called base Barolo

coupled with an intense minerality and a cool sophistication

The intensive color of this Pinot Gris comes from the maceration of several days

but there are already notes of red roses

2022 | Alvaro Palacios 'Les Terrasses' Velles Vinyes | Priorat Bodegas Aizpurua Very well-structuredI tasted this still unbottled regional red in January 2024. The 2022 Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes has grapes from 53 vineyards in seven villages, and in 2022, it was 60% Garnacha, 39% Cariena and 1% white grapes, higher in Cariena than in recent years in this extremely warm and dry year. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak vats with part of full clusters, had a 41 day maceration and should spend some 12 months in French barriques and larger