Description

Chaque verre de Les Terrasses est un véritable voyage à travers le paysage vallonné du Priorat. Issu de raisin provenant de neuf communes de l'AOC Priorat (Gratallops, La Vilella Baixa, Bellmunt, El Lloar, El Molar, Porrera, Scala Dei, Torroja et Poboleda), il déploie un nez très expressif et parfaitement équilibré. Un reflet fidèle du Priorat le plus authentique, avec un grand potentiel de garde.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Type de vin
Red
Millésime
2017
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
55% Garnacha, 44% Cariñena, 1% uva blanca
Origine
Priorat

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

I've always had a special interest in this Garnacha and Cariñena blend from Álvaro Palacios, and the current vintage is now the 2017 Les Terrasses Velles Vinyes. It's produced with grapes from 80 different vineyards in eight villages and therefore is a regional wine. 2017 was a warm and ripe year that produced powerful wines. This 2017 is 55% Garnacha with 44% Cariñena and a 1% pinch of white grapes that fermented in concrete and oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in barrique and oak vat for 11 months. This is the earthiest of the bottlings, and it has some rustic touches from the Cariñena, which gives it its personality. 2017 was their earliest harvest ever (the first time they ever started harvesting in August!). They used a little more new oak, yet the wine is not oaky or excessively ripe. There is no room for sweetness here, and the wine is clean, reflecting very healthy grapes and very elegant tannins, quite transparent, not dry, but rather juicy. Great Terrasses, a triumph over the conditions of the vintage. 126,000 bottles produced.. - Luis Gutiérrez. 

James Suckling:

Enveloping black-cherry and blueberry aromas, but also notes of licorice and smoke. A bold and powerful Priorat with discreet oak and plenty of freshness. The tannins are supple and beautifully integrated, the finish generous and polished. Drink or hold.