Alvaro Palacios Priorat Vi de Villa Gratallops 2019

Tasting Notes

In conjunction with the Consejo Regulador, Álvaro successfully lobbied for legalisation allowing the naming of wines according to their Village location. Prior to this, a perverse illegality applied, whereby growers were not allowed to use Village names on their wines. There are now 12 legal Priorat Vi de Vila sub-regional village appellations. The first release of such was Álvaro’s 2007 ‘Vi de Vila Gratallops’. 

The fruit source is Álvaro’s various holdings in-and-around Gratallops, 8.5 hectares in 10 parcels other than Finca Dofi and L’Ermita. The wine’s composition for the first vintages was roughly 1/3 each of Garnatxa, Caranyena and Cabernet. From 2011, it’s Garnatxa with about 15% old-vine Caranyena and some white. De-stemmed, spontaneous fermentation in open wooden vat, macerated 40 days, 16 months in mid-sized 1-2yo French oak. Unfiltered. - Importer Note