Alvaro Palacios, L’Ermita Gran Vinya Classificada, Priorat
First vintage: 1993
It’s difficult to be indifferent to the trademark purity of fruit, chiselled tannins and intense minerality of L’Ermita.
Hailing from the eponymous 1.44ha plot in Gratallops, in the heart of Priorat, the wine quickly became Alvaro Palacios’ most sought-after, following its first release in 1993, four years after the star winemaker started his namesake project in the Catalonian region.
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Spanish Icons: Alvaro Palacios, L’Ermita
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