ÀLVARO PALACIOS PRIORAT – L’ERMITA – ÁLVARO PALACIOS l’ ERMITA 2016
Notes de dégustation: pas simple de suivre l’Ermita 2013 et 2014 et 2015 mais 2016 fut une année bénie des dieux en Espagne.
Couleur violacée profonde. Le nez est très parfumé sur la violette,les fruits noirs. Le vin a un côté agrume, pamplemousse et orange sanguine. La bouche est minérale, sur le graphite et sur les fruits noirs. S’il n’a peut-être pas tout à fait la majestueuse harmonie du 2013, il possède plus de fraîcheur. Un grand vin de méditation dans un style plus européen que le 2013.
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VIN : ÁLVARO PALACIOS ERMITA 2016 |
As I saw in some of the other wines, there is a lot more Cariñena in the still unbottled 2016 L’Ermita than in the 2015. The varietal breakdown was approximately 85% Garnacha, 14% Cariñena and 1% white grapes—Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo and PX. The grapes are manually sorted and destemmed by the team that picks them and are put to ferment in an oak vat with the natural yeasts from the grapes. Malolactic was in barrique, which is where the wine was maturing when I tasted it. It has electric acidity that makes it vibrant, even if the nose might be a bit shy. I don’t remember a vintage of L’Ermita with this concentration and acidity. We have to see how the élevage rounds it out, but this could be a very important vintage for L’Ermita. The expectation is to bottle some 2,000 bottles of this in May/June 2018. Robert Parker. The Wine Advocate. 97-100/100.