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Palacios Les Aubaguetes '18

Alvaro Palacios – Grandes Vinos Clásicos
Palacios Les Aubaguetes '18

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Wild cherries and the wood of a cherry
tree,
massive balsamic complexity, with green fennel, violet, rose hip, orange and cold dark tea, some tobacco freshened by white wine-like acidity. Deep, serene, earthy yet bright, rounded, floral-vegetal-orange-rich. It has well integrated tannins. You can feel the wash of the cool breezes enjoyed by Aubaguetes – it’s extraordinarily lively, perfumed, lifted and glorious.

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  • Wine Country
    Spain
  • Grape varieties wine
    Garnacha
  • Wine-food combination
    Braised lamb, grilled red meat and rich cheeses

About this wine

Description & facts

This is a marvellous vineyard in the village of Bellmunt, an old mining town on the
southern border of Priorat. Aubaguetes (meaning, the shady vineyard, thanks to its cool
northern exposure) faces across the Siurana valley to its sister over the way, Finca Dofi in
Gratallops. It’s a 115 year-old patch planted to its own Garnatxa genetics with 20%
Caranyena and some white grapes, all ‘grown
en costers’. It’s a small vineyard of 1.34 hectares, much of which remains unplanted
since Priorat’s abandonment post-Civil War.
Álvaro has long taken fruit from Aubaguetes. Every year his componentry tasting bench
ended up with the same two wines set aside as the most glorious expressions of Priorat:
L’Ermita, and Aubaguetes. Álvaro purchased Aubaguetes (from Salvador Torre, who was
ready to retire at 93) in 2013, and after 2 years of viticultural renovations (raising the
bush vines ‘en parra’, restoring old pruning methods, and re-asserting organic work with
mules), Aubaguetes entered the market as a Vi de Finca wine from 2015.

Producer
Alvaro Palacios – Grandes Vinos Clásicos
Country of origin
Spain
Wine Region
Rioja
Classification
DOQ Priorat
Organic/Biodynamic/Vegan:
Organic
Vintage
2019
Grape varieties wine
Garnacha
% of grape varieties wine
71% Garnacha 28% Cariñena, 1% white grapes
Tasting note
Wild cherries and the wood of a cherry tree, massive balsamic complexity, with green fennel, violet, rose hip, orange and cold dark tea, some tobacco freshened by white wine-like acidity. Deep, serene, earthy yet bright, rounded, floral-vegetal-orange-rich. It has well integrated tannins. You can feel the wash of the cool breezes enjoyed by Aubaguetes – it’s extraordinarily lively, perfumed, lifted and glorious.
Wine-food combination
Braised lamb, grilled red meat and rich cheeses
Vinification
100% destemmed and soft crushing. Alcoholic fermentation in wooden oak vats with regular cap punshing (pigeage). Only natice yeast. Maceration for 55 days. Malolactic is spontaneous in wooden barrels. Ageing for 14 months in foudres. Unfiltered and no cold stabilization.
Location Vineyard
Very steep slopes, north oriented
Soil
The vineyard is dominated byblue mineral schist loaded with zinc, aluminium and granite, and contains a streak of ferrous clay too.
Closure
Cork
Bottle size
750 ml
Serving temperature
15 C
Ageing potential
High ageing potential of 10 years and more
Awards & ratings
Parker: 95
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