The crown jewel of Álvaro Palacios wine-making and a benchmark standing proud among top quality wines. This is a wine produced from Garnacha grapes grown in vineyards over 60 years old and low-yield Cabernet Sauvignon. A wine with immense power and elegance, a deep and most refined bouquet, and the magnificence of fruit at the height of maturity. According to Robert Parker, a grand wine that merits 96 points.
NOTE: Opening is suggested only after eight years spent in bottle, and decanting between 1 and 2 hours before serving.
Aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels.
Alcohol content:
14,0%
Optimum serving temperature:
Between 15ºC and 17ºC
Guidelines for drinking and storing:
For drinking this year.
L'Ermita 2001 front and back
Álvaro Palacios
Priorat, Spain
Fincas La Baixada y L'Ermita. FOTO: Álvaro Palacios.
Álvaro Palacios came to the Priorat, to the town of Gratallops to be precise, following the lead of a group of local producers fully intending to pass on through their wines all the character of this land, full of its own brightness, with the shining Mediterranean sun, the gleaming slate...
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Transport costs include packaging in cardboard boxes specially designed to protect the bottles in transit, and insurance against loss or breakage.
If your order is a gift, we can offer you various gift options (special gift wrapping, wooden boxes, a card with your message...); you can make your choices on the "Gift options" page while providing the information required for placing your order.
Example of gift wrapping.
Returns guarantee
If the wine is not fit for consumption or does not come up to your expectations, you can return it to us and we will replace it with another bottle or product.
Vinissimus would like to remind you that the sale of alcohol to young people under 18 years of age is not allowed and recommends drinking in moderation, as the best way to enjoy alcoholic drinks.
