Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita Velles Vinyes, Priorat DOCa, Spain 2022 Ksera Homata pleasant and nuanced with hints

pleasant and nuanced with hints of spices and smoke

Fermented spontaneously in 500-liter oak vats and still maturing in them

Palate: Medium-full bodied

medium-bodied palate

the 2020 Sauvignon Voglar entices with lemon oil

Alvaro Palacios L'Ermita Velles Vinyes, Priorat DOCa, Spain 2022 Ksera Homata pleasant and nuanced with hintsThe 2022 L'Ermita wasn't bottled when I tasted it in January 2024. They selected the grapes from 2. 28 hectares out of the total 4. 7 hectares planted in 1909, 1939 and 1996 to produce this red classified as Gran Vinya Classificada, the top of the quality hierarchy in the Priorat appellation. It was produced with a blend of 92% Garnacha, 7% Cariena and 1% of the local whites, Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo and Pedro Ximnez fermented with part of full