The flagship, the 2008 L’Ermita, comes from a remarkably steep 4.4 acre, 70-year-old vineyard planted to 100% Garnacha and is aged in 100% new oak. It delivers a profound perfume of exotic spices, kinky wild berry aromas, incense, liquid minerality, black raspberry, and black cherry. In this vintage it is relatively forward with considerable elegance, a sophisticated personality, great depth and balance, and a pure, fruit-filled finish. It is one of the benchmark wines of the DO.
Proensa Guide: 100 points(01/01/2011)
Evolution: from 2015 onwards. Gastronomy: stews, red meat, poultry. Grenache, 22 months in oak. A red sunset that combines strength with noble consistency and fluency, freshness and elegance. Deep and earthy aroma, with lots of fresh fruit. Harmonious in the palate, strong and free from sharps. Vivid, rich, expressive and elegant aromas. Very long.
Peñin Guide: 96 points(01/01/2012)
Cherry red colour, violet rim. On nose, spicy, frutal expression, raspberry, ripe fruit, wild herbs. On palate, fruity, balsamic, spicy, good acidity, elegant.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
Álvaro Palacios comes to Gratallops with the intention to pass on the whole character of this land: Spirit, passion, patience, light and rigor harmoniously mixed to create round fresh and mineral wines. He founds like that a winery in 1989 of 25 Has. And with a production of 195000 bottles.
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