Priorat
Camins del Priorat 2019
75clCamins del Priorat 2019
Technical sheet
| Type Of Wine: | red wine |
|---|---|
| Vintage: | 2019 Other vintages |
| Appellation: | Priorat (Catalonia, Spain) |
| Winery: | Álvaro Palacios |
| Volume: | 75cl Other volumes |
| Grapes: | Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariñena, Garnacha, Merlot, Syrah |
| Allergens: | Contains Sulfites |
| Alcohol Vol.: | 14.5% |
| James Suckling Score: | 94 |
Description of Camins del Priorat 2019
Camins del Priorat 2019 (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariñena, Garnacha, Merlot and Syrah)
TASTING NOTES:
- View: Cherry red color with violet trim.
- Nose: Aromas of ripe red berries, cocoa and a little black licorice.
- Mouth: Round and voluptuous with a relevant acidity and sweetened by the sweet ripe fruit. Fresh feeling and long finish.
DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN: Priorat
VINEYARD: Vineyards between 12 and 42 years old from Gratallops, Porrera, Torroja, Les Vilelles, Bellmunt, El Molar, El Lloar and Poboleda. There are 80 hectares of steep slopes and terraces with different exposures located between 350 and 700 meters above sea level, with a yield of 25 hectoliters per hectare.
AGING: Aged for between 4 and 6 months in wooden vats.
ELABORATION: 100% destemmed and soft crushed. Alcoholic fermentation in cement and wooden vats. Maceration of between 20 and 30 days and malolactic fermentation in wooden vats. Dribbling is practiced. Before bottling, it is clarified and filtered, although it does not stabilize in the cold.
How to serve
Consumption temp.
16ºC
The Winery
Álvaro Palacios
Alvaro Palacios Priorat reaches in 1989, the town of Gratallops, along with Rene Barbier, Carles Pastrana and José Luis Pérez, with the intention to transmit to their wines (Bodegas Alvaro Palacios) the character of this land. They believed in the Priorat, full of sharp essences of Mediterranean sunshine, cliffs and shale, fennel and olive groves, a land of mystical soul.
More about the WineryReviews of Camins del Priorat 2019
- The Camins is Alvaro's entry level wine and is great value for money.
- The grapes come from a range of climats around Gratallops and from 10-50 year old vines planted on terraced slopes. The cepage is 50% Carignena, 40% Garnacha and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah and the wine spends 8 months in older French barrels.
- Alvaro Palacios first came to Gratallops in 1989, thanks to a group of local producers commited to obtaining the best from Priorat, land characterized by its rugged environment, terraced hillside and old vines.
- The region has expanded nearly four times since but Alvaro is determined to produce the best wines from this difficult terrain has not diminished. The vines are planted mostly on very steep slopes at a high altitude.
- The roots go down very deep into the schist soil and organic viticulture is practiced.
- Limited stock, changing to 2013 soon.
Alvaro Palacios Gratallops Camins del Priorat 2012
As nearly all of them this one shows also a cherry colour. Aromas of raisins. Alvaro Palacios Camins del Priorat Assemblage was ok, the kind of my taste.
In the mouth it's supple and velvety on the attack, the wine offers a gorgeous ripe blueberry, fig, and blackcurrant fruit accented by notes of dark roasted coffee beans and bakers chocolate. Fine, buffered tannins emerge on the wines back-palate and segue it to a long, spicy, licorice-tinged finish.