2022 L'Ermita, Alvaro Palacios old vines tapering into an extraordinarily long

tapering into an extraordinarily long

this is Malbec with lift

Bright straw in the glass

Without a moment’s hesitation

it opens with commanding aromas of liquorice

2022 L'Ermita, Alvaro Palacios old vines tapering into an extraordinarily longSlate Crown This is one of Spains great red wines: rare, profound and almost impossibly refined for Priorat. Wild raspberry, red cherry and pomegranate lead the nose, followed by violet, orange peel, lavender, white pepper, tobacco, wild herbs and crushed slate. It has the intensity of old vine Garnacha from llicorella soils, but the impression is not heavy or forced; it is lifted, aromatic and beautifully controlled. On the palate, it is silky,