Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita Velles Vinyes, Priorat DOCa, Spain 2022 Graach This classic

This classic

43 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon and eight percent Cabernet Franc

With a delightfully cleansing acidity

with indigenous yeasts and raised in cement vats for at least a year and a half prior to bottling

producing irresistibly aromatic medium-bodied reds with soft

Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita Velles Vinyes, Priorat DOCa, Spain 2022 Graach This classicThe 2022 L'Ermita wasn't bottled when I tasted it in January 2024. They selected the grapes from 2. 28 hectares out of the total 4. 7 hectares planted in 1909, 1939 and 1996 to produce this red classified as Gran Vinya Classificada, the top of the quality hierarchy in the Priorat appellation. It was produced with a blend of 92% Garnacha, 7% Cariena and 1% of the local whites, Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo and Pedro Ximnez fermented with part of full