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The January 2017 Distinguished Cellar Auction
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Estimate: $700
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Only 120 cases made. "Yields in 2011 were even lower than in 2010 (and both were relatively large vintages, as there will be no more than 500 bottles of 2012 or 2013), 3.64 hectoliters per hectare. It has a riper nose than the 2010 (arenât comparisons awful?) with earthy notes of soil (beetroot?), peat, violets, ripe peach and juicy fruit flavors. Itâs elegant yet powerful, ripe and with grainy tannins. It feels very organic, soil-driven, full and ripe . . . . In case youâre interested in a second opinion, Ălvaro Palacios himself was telling me how he prefers LâErmita 2011 over 2010, which he finds fuller."
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Only 120 cases made. "Yields in 2011 were even lower than in 2010 (and both were relatively large vintages, as there will be no more than 500 bottles of 2012 or 2013), 3.64 hectoliters per hectare. It has a riper nose than the 2010 (arenât comparisons awful?) with earthy notes of soil (beetroot?), peat, violets, ripe peach and juicy fruit flavors. Itâs elegant yet powerful, ripe and with grainy tannins. It feels very organic, soil-driven, full and ripe . . . . In case youâre interested in a second opinion, Ălvaro Palacios himself was telling me how he prefers LâErmita 2011 over 2010, which he finds fuller."
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Spain has the largest area under vine of any country and a deep tradition of oak-aged reds. Tempranillo-based wines from Rioja and Ribera del Duero, alongside Priorat's Garnacha and Carinena, anchor its fine-wine reputation.
A rugged Catalan region whose steep llicorella slate slopes produce dense, mineral Garnacha and Carinena. Low yields and old vines give wines of great intensity and concentration.
One of only two wines with Spain's top DOQ status, yielding dense, mineral Garnacha and Carinena from steep slate slopes.
A warm-climate red giving generous, high-alcohol wines of red fruit and spice. It anchors southern Rhone blends and old-vine wines in Spain and Australia.