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2022 La Baixada, Álvaro Palacios, Priorat, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Grenache
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Product: 20228022868
2022 La Baixada, Álvaro Palacios, Priorat, Spain

Description

Ah, La Baixada: always so different. This is a fundamentally unique terroir wine, coming from a 1.3 hectare plot inside the larger vineyard that goes into Finca Dofí. It couldn’t be more opposed in character to the main Dofí blend though; this is always so dark, savoury with a rock-like intensity. The 2022 is incredibly precise with a focused nose of fresh blackberries and elderberries along with macerated cranberries adding sweetness behind. This is a wine that just amplifies on the palate in an incredible way yet a ley line of balsamic umami cuts through it all with a spear of precision. A high level of powdery tannins lingers with a fragrant puff of wild herbs on the long, vibrant finish. The austere majesty of this wine is truly mind-blowing.

Drink 2026 - 2047

Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

98% Garnacha, 2% Cariñena - Beautifully lifted nose of rose petals, irises, orange peel and crunchy red fruit. On the palate there is a real mineral streak, mixing with sour and red cherries and a salty liquorice note. The tannins are extremely fine grained. Great balance and fresh acidity. There is a real depth and purity to the wine, that makes it a joy to drink immediately, but one that will drink beautifully for a good while.

Drink 2024 - 2032

Tara Field, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2022
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Grenache
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Alvaro Palacios

About this wine

Grenache/Garnacha

Grenache (Noir) is widely grown and comes in a variety of styles. Believed to originate in Spain, it was, in the late 20th century, the most widely planted black grape variety in the world. Today it hovers around seventh in the pecking order. It tends to produce very fruity, rich wines that can range quite widely in their level of tannin. In many regions – most famously the Southern Rhône, where it complements Syrah and Mourvèdre, among other grapes – it adds backbone and colour to blends, but some of the most notable Châteauneuf du Pape producers (such as Château Rayas) make 100 percent Grenache wines. The grape is a component in many wines of the Languedoc (where you’ll also find its lighter-coloured forms, Grenache Gris and Blanc) and is responsible for much southern French rosé – taking the lead in most Provence styles. Found all over Spain as Garnacha Tinta (spelt Garnaxa in Catalonia), the grape variety is increasingly detailed on wine labels there. Along with Tempranillo, it forms the majority of the blend for Rioja’s reds and has been adopted widely in Navarra, where it produces lighter styles of red and rosado (rosé). It can also be found operating under a pseudonym, Cannonau, in Sardinia.
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Álvaro Palacios

Álvaro Palacios, whose family owns the prestigious Rioja Bodega, Palacios Remondo, spent two years at Château Pétrus before setting up on his own in Priorat in 1989. From the outset, he set out to produce world-class wines using fruit from extremely low-yielding old vines and applying ultra-modern winemaking techniques.
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