Description

C'est l’expression la plus moderne du Priorat chez Álvaro Palacios. C'est un vin sensuel, aussi complexe que son paysage d'origine et aussi charnu et gras que ses sols d’ardoise riches en argile et en fer. Avec un grand potentiel de garde, il atteindra le sommet de sa plénitude après une dizaine d’années en bouteille.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Álvaro Palacios
Type de vin
Red
Millésime
2011
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
95% Garnacha and 5% others
Origine
Priorat

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

"The 2011 Finca Dofi represents a huge jump in quality for this wine. They have been re-grafting all the Cabernet Sauvignon to Garnacha (they’ve been doing that for six years) and Dofi has mostly fruit from north-facing plots which give it a special freshness, pure red fruit and blood orange, peach, subtle herbs and aniseed with an impressive elegance and balance, round and velvety tannins, without the chunkiness that Cabernet and Syrah give in Priorat, very long and persistent in the finish. I tasted it next to the 2010 Finca Dofi and you could feel the chunkiness of the Cabernet tannins in the wine, while 2011 had a rounder, softer and silkier texture. This is a superb Dofi, much more elegant and subtle than any vintage I remember, a quantum leap from past vintages. Bravo! It was only bottled in June and you can still feel a whiff of oak but it’s very drinkable and should also age for a few years. Drink 2014-2021".