Tasting note

Expressive black cherry, currant, licorice, mineral and smoke flavors mingle in this focused red. The texture is gentle but firm, with well-integrated tannins and racy acidity providing structure. A compact wine that shows good intensity. Drink now through 2023. Smart Buy. Score - 91. (Thomas Matthews, winespectator.com, June 15, 2015)

Dark blue, opaque ruby with violet sparkles, it attracts our senses and arouses our desire. Countryside passion, precise mould, perfect timing, the affinity of such an old tradition that touches our soul and awakens spirit. The fruit of these old mencia vines, mysterious and deep. If Bierzo’s identity lies on the Atlantic influence, the ocean foam at the breaking of waves has bathed with iodine and an excellent fragrance the fruits of wet forests in 2010. Morello cherries, blueberries, strawberries and small wild pears. Sweet, acid and juicy, we can also find traces of exotic coasts: papaya, dragon fruit and lichees. All flavours reach their climax in a voluptuous and lively way, a liquid sustained by the vegetal fibre of complete maturity and fineness given during its wood rest.

Alvaro Palacios charmed British Columbians when he visited the Playhouse Festival last year. This densely flavoured and beautifully balanced wine is one of the best from the up-and-coming Bierzo region.