Alvaro Palacios, Rioja Quinon Valmira other_regions_italy A glass-coating opaque purple color

A glass-coating opaque purple color

this distinguished cabernet franc finishes with subdued cassis fruit

There is excellent richness to the concentrated and beautifully textured broad-shouldered flavors that possess focused power and a subtle minerality that really comes up on the youthfully austere and strikingly long finish

crushed herb and minerals that introduce much more structured and intense medium full flavors of obvious class and grace

Alvaro Palacios, Rioja Quinon Valmira other_regions_italy A glass-coating opaque purple colorThe single vineyard 2020 Quin de Valmira was produced with the Garnacha field blend that contains 10% other traditional varieties from the Valmira Vineyard at 616 meters in altitude. It fermented with some full clusters with indigenous yeasts in oak vats and matured in oak foudres and bocoyes for 16 months. It's very spicy, peppery and aromatic, floral, a little la Vosne Romane, with depth and complexity, very chalky, nicely textured, tasty, elegant