Practicing Organic and Biodynamic Winemaking
WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "The 2022 Pétalos was produced with 85% Mencía, 10% white grapes and 5% other reds from over 90 hectares, 20% owned by them and the rest from 180 families. It fermented with some full clusters in oak and stainless steel vats and matured in barrels of different sizes for 10 months. It's clearly more Mediterranean, with notes of rockrose and other aromatic herbs, juicy and round, more fruit-driven, aromatic, velvety and very pleasant and easy to drink. It has 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.54. It's still not all bottled, as it's done in different lots, for a total of around 270,000 bottles and 3,000 magnums." - Luis Gutierrez
The descendants of Jose Palacios are star Spanish winemaker Alvaro Palacios and his nephew, Ricardo Perez. They were drawn to the Bierzo region for its steep, slate and granite soils and old mixed-planting vineyards. In the northwest of Spain, where the Atlantic influence has more say, the red variety, Mencia, stands tall. You can think of it as having overlapping features of the French classics like Loire Cabernet Franc and Rhône Syrah: mid-weight, vibrant and juicy, with floral, herbal, pepper/incense spice, earthy minerality, and even an occasional olive note. Alvaro and Ricardo own a few exceptional vineyards here, but to make a bottling that more people could enjoy, they supplemented with some rented vineyards.
WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "The 2022 Pétalos was produced with 85% Mencía, 10% white grapes and 5% other reds from over 90 hectares, 20% owned by them and the rest from 180 families. It fermented with some full clusters in oak and stainless steel vats and matured in barrels of different sizes for 10 months. It's clearly more Mediterranean, with notes of rockrose and other aromatic herbs, juicy and round, more fruit-driven, aromatic, velvety and very pleasant and easy to drink. It has 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.54. It's still not all bottled, as it's done in different lots, for a total of around 270,000 bottles and 3,000 magnums." - Luis Gutierrez
The descendants of Jose Palacios are star Spanish winemaker Alvaro Palacios and his nephew, Ricardo Perez. They were drawn to the Bierzo region for its steep, slate and granite soils and old mixed-planting vineyards. In the northwest of Spain, where the Atlantic influence has more say, the red variety, Mencia, stands tall. You can think of it as having overlapping features of the French classics like Loire Cabernet Franc and Rhône Syrah: mid-weight, vibrant and juicy, with floral, herbal, pepper/incense spice, earthy minerality, and even an occasional olive note. Alvaro and Ricardo own a few exceptional vineyards here, but to make a bottling that more people could enjoy, they supplemented with some rented vineyards.
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