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L'Ermita 2006 75cl

DOCa | Katalonien | Spanien
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1995 2006 2016
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96 Wine Spectator
This red is at a lovely stage in its evolution, still exuberantly fresh, but showing serious complexity. Expressive flavors of cherry, raspberry, garrigue and mineral mingle over firm tannins, kept lively by fresh acidity. Focused, harmonious and long.—Non-blind L'Ermita vertical (May 2013). Drink now through 2026. — TM
91 Robert Parker
The 2006 L’Ermita has a pure bouquet of lifted wild strawberry, raspberry and crushed stone aromas and crisp delineation. The palate is full-bodied with saturated tannins and incredibly pure, dark cherry and raspberry fruit laced with orange rind. The challenging growing season means that it does not possess the same harmony and weight on the finish as other vintages, although it demonstrates fine persistency. Drink now-2019. Visiting Alvaro Palacios was a must during my trip to Priorat, the dynamo and tour de force that has propelled Priorat to the forefront of the Spanish wine scene. The modern architecture of his hilltop winery lies in stark contrast to the nearby village Gratallops, where houses huddle as if sheltering from a raincloud that will never come. Indeed, as we parked the car, the village’s P.A. system was announcing that there would be no running water for the next two hours, indicating how precious a commodity water is. People suffer as well as vines. Since his debut in 1989, Alvaro’s wines have built a formidable reputation with prices to match. Fortunately, he pays as much attention to quality at the lower end of his range: a bottle bearing his name must meet his exacting standards. I listened as Alavaro expounded the greatness of Garnacha, convinced that the identity of Priorat lies in this grape variety and Carinena, rather than Cabernet Sauvignon. A man of his word, he is therefore reducing the percentage of Cabernet in his flagship L’Ermita and it would not surprise me if it is phased out entirely in the future. Personally, I think an already great wine is greater for it. He also rhapsodized about his nascent 2010s, which he feels are not as “heavy” as his 2009s and constitute “very enchanting wines,” something I completely agree with. Most of these wines were tasted in Priorat, augmented by one or two tastings held in London.
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Alvaro Palacios
Vom neuen Geist Spaniens erfüllt, gründete Alvaro Palacios in den späten 1980ern dieses Weingut in der Region Priorat. Er entstammt einer großen Familie, der das renommierte Palacios Remondo in Rioja gehört. Nach jahrelangen Weinstudien und ausgestattet mit viel internationaler Erfahrung (als Mitarbeiter von Jean-Pierre Moueix auf Pétrus) erwarb Alvaro diese kleine Anwesen mit zehn Hektar extrem ertragsarmen alten Rebstöcken. Die Kombination aus modernen, aber sorgfältig abgewogenen Techniken in sowohl Weinberg wie Keller bringt einen der wichtigsten spanischen Weine unserer Tage hervor – den L’Ermita. Dieser Lagenwein ist ein Verschnitt aus vorwiegend Garnacha mit geringen Aneilen Cabernet Sauvignon und Cariñena, der bis zu 20 Monate in neuen französischen Barriques reift. Exklusiv und exzeptionell, ist der L’Ermita ein Leuchtturm für die Region, mit einer Komplexität, Tiefe und Konzentration, an die so schnell kein anderer Wein heranreicht.