2021 L'Ermita, Álvaro Palacios, Priorat

2021 L'Ermita, Álvaro Palacios, Priorat

This is a remarkable wine. It’s so complex on the nose, with lots of flowers, red fruits, and a really floral character. Fine-boned tannins and an amazing sense of purity. Baked earth, smoke, and wild berries, and a finish that unfurls for a minute or more. Undoubtedly one of Spain’s great wines.

Critic score
99.5/100 info

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Spain
  • Grape
    Carignan/Cariñena/Mazuelo
    Grenache/Garnacha
  • Maturity
    Young 2027 - 2050info
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    14.5%

Tasting notes

The 2021 L'Ermita is a legend in the making, with 13.9% alcohol, the lowest ever, mind-boggling finesse and detail, purity, symmetry, elegance and great freshness that makes it vibrant with a low pH of 3.31 and 6.18 grams of acidity. These parameters should make it long-lived, and the wine is always going to be vibrant and develop citrus nose of grapefruit and orange peel. It's a powerful wine with plenty of energy, abundant tannins, even more fine and elegant than those from the 2020 I tasted next to it, and with great balance. It has a high percentage of Cariñena, much higher than the 2020, and comes down to 75% Garnacha, 24% Cariñena and 1% whites. Prices will be increased around 16%. They expect to produce some 2,800 bottles of this 2021 in April 2023.

Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate, Issue #261 (June 2022)
(99—100)/100

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