2016 | Alvaro Palacios | Aubaguetes 5L

Red Wine: 2016 | Alvaro Palacios | Aubaguetes 5L

Aubaguetes is a rugged, powerful and distinctly mineral wine from a single ancient vineyard in the village of Bellmunt.

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Producer: Alvaro Palacios

Ratings: WA | 96

Vintage: 2016

Size: 5L

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Carignan, Grenache

Country/Region: Spain, Priorat

Aubaguetes is a rugged, powerful and distinctly mineral wine from a single ancient vineyard in the village of Bellmunt.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The second vintage of the newer wine in the portfolio, the 2016 Les Aubaguetes was also completing its levage in oak foudre when I tasted it. The blend is slightly different from the 2015 and is composed of 78% Garnacha, 21% Cariena and 1% Garnacha Blanca and Macabeo. This is juicier and rounder than the Dofi. It feels a lot better than the 2015, combining the Mediterranean character of Bellmunt with the coolness of the shadowed vineyard that, together with the acidity of the year, makes it stand out and feel like a big step over the initial year. The estimation is they could produce around 1,500 bottles.

Producer Information

Alvaro Palacios is a Spanish wine producer, famous for its Garnacha-based wines from Priorat. Established in 1990 by Alvaro Palacios himself, the winery has been forefront of Priorat's rise to fame as one of Spain's most prestigious wine regions. Palacios grew up in Rioja where his family makes wines under the Palacios Remondo name. After spending time working at Petrus in Pomerol, he bought his own vineyard in the then-obscure region of Priorat, where the steep, slate-based hillsides covered in gnarled bushvines had been forgotten about in the second half of the 20th Century. Palacios soon grew his estate and now owns several vineyards in the area, which make a range of single-vineyard and blended wines. L'Ermita, the most famous of these, produces a varietal Garnacha wine of the same name that has become one of Spain's most collectable wines, often considered in the same league as Dominio de Pingus or Vega Sicilia. Elsewhere in the Alvaros Palacios portfolio, Garnacha is predominant but is often supplemented by Cariena, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Finca Dof wine comes from a single vineyard, whereas Gratallops, Les Terrasses and Camins del Priorat are all blended from multiple vineyards within Priorat. Not content to just be a pioneer in Priorat, Alvaro Palacios has also focused his attention on the region of Bierzo, in northeastern Spain. Here, he makes wines with his nephew under the Descendientes de J. Palacios label.