Samso (Carinena), Garnacha tinta, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah.

ALVARO PALACIOS LES TERRASSES VELLES VINYES is een wijn uit Priorat

Afkomstig van 60 - 90 jaar oude wijnstokken.
12 maanden gerijpt op Frans eiken.
Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes  heeft een goed weelderig boeket van crème de cassis, bramen, bosbessen, bloemen, een vleugje kruiden, ronde tanninens en een prachtige, lange afdronk.
Serveren bij 16°C.
Drinkdate: 2022-2028

The Wine Advocate:

"In 2019, Les Terrasses was exceptionally high in Garnacha, the tendency in this cuvée. Cariñena suffered more from the mildew of 2020, and the final blend of the 2020 Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes was 72% Garnacha and 28% Cariñena, with 14.5% alcohol. It is gentle, honest and with typicity representing the wines from yesteryear but clean and harmonious, with nice balance and no oxidation or volatility, so an updated version of the traditional wines. 78,104 bottles, 2,000 magnums and 124 double magnums produced. It was bottled in May 2022.

I tasted the bottled 2020s and barrel samples of the 2021s as part of Álvaro Palacios's portfolio tasting earlier this year, but I am including those notes here for context and completeness of the article. 2020 was an atypical year, with spring rains like never before (674 liters). There was mildew in Priorat, quite unusual, and they lost a lot of Cariñena; the wines have lots of power and concentration and are opulent; and they harvested a lot earlier (l'Ermita was harvested the 25th of September!). 2021 was also dry, with limited vigor and with a cool summer and a rainy harvest; the grapes struggled to ripen, with the 2021 l'Ermita having lower alcohol than ever. Palacios was ecstatic about the 2021s, which he called "a year of concentration and class."

Luis Gutiérrez, 30th Sep 2022