Descendientes de Jose Palacios - Petalos del Bierzo 2022
Price: $29.99
Sale Price: $23.99
3+ Price: $21.99 / btl
6+ Price: $19.99 / btl
| Producer | Descendientes de Jose Palacios |
 | |
| Country | Spain |
| |
| Region | Bierzo |
| |
| Varietal | Proprietary Red |
| |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| |
| Sku | 14692 |
| |
| Size | 750ml |
| |
|
Let me just put it out there: this is an offer for wines from Bierzo, Spain, made from the Mencia grape... Some of you know what that is... think Raul Perez. For most of you, you are thinking, "Huh? What? Why am I getting this offer?"
Because the wines are flat out delicious, and have much in common with wines I know you enjoy, US Pinot, Burgundy, Chateauneuf du Pape...
The wines here are from Alvaro Palacios, who found fame, and fortune, in the 1990s as one of the pioneers in Priorat. His famed l’Ermita sells for more than $1,200 per bottle! Yes, $1,200 per bottle! Before settling on Priorat to make his mark, Alvaro’s second choice was Bierzo. With money in hand from his Priorat success, he started Descendientes de Jose Palacios in 1998 with his nephew, Ricardo Perez, as winemaker. With time, Alvaro and Ricardo have achieved the same critical and commercial success in Bierzo, with a slew of 96-100 pt wines to their credit and their La Faraona bottling selling for $1195 per bottle! Thankfully, this incredible success also allows them to produce a range of wines at all price points.
Petalos is his entry-level offering. An what an entry-level it is!!!
Wine Advocate: 93 Points
"The 2022 Pétalos was produced with 85% Mencía, 10% white grapes and 5% other reds from over 90 hectares, 20% owned by them and the rest from 180 families. It fermented with some full clusters in oak and stainless steel vats and matured in barrels of different sizes for 10 months. It's clearly more Mediterranean, with notes of rockrose and other aromatic herbs, juicy and round, more fruit-driven, aromatic, velvety and very pleasant and easy to drink. It has 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.54. It's still not all bottled, as it's done in different lots, for a total of around 270,000 bottles and 3,000 magnums."
Vintages and ratings subject to change at any time.
All pricing and availability subject to change.
Artwork does not necessarily represent items for sale.
