Wine Priorat DOC L'Ermita 2005, 1.5 L

Cult Spanish wine L'Ermita is made ​​from selected grapes, Garnacha vines age - 65 years, Cabernet Sauvignon - 25 years. Le Hermite aged in new French oak barrels. Additional ratings: L'Ermita 2000 won 100 points out of 100 from Guia Proensa and 97 points out of 100 on the Guia Penin de Los Vinos de Espagna.

Alvaro Palacios (Alvaro Palacios) - comes from a prestigious family of wine from Rioja, which could easily occupy a major position in the world-famous family winery - Palacios Remondo. But despite this, he decided to go his own way. Alvaro studied oenology in Bordeaux and had the enviable job in the famous winemaker Jean-Pierre Mueksa in Ch. Pétrus.

Returning to Spain, founded his own winery Alvaro Mediterranean Priorat wine region, south of Barcelona in Tarragona. Together with a respected winemaker René Barbier and several partners they ventured into what was called «Gratallops Project», the name was chosen in honor of a picturesque village of the Priory, where they produced wine. They bought vineyards and produces wines together as long as one is not founded his own farm. In 1988, Alvaro Gratallops acquired a 12-hectare vineyard, this estate he called Finca Dofí. The first vintage of wine - 1989 was well received by the Spanish wine critics, and in 1993 and outside of Spain all learned about the new wines of the Priorato. In 1993, the market goes wine L'Ermita, which immediately created a furor. On 3 hectares of vineyards Ermita (Ermita) growing vine Garnacha, whose age is 100 years, each of the vines gives only 3-4 bunches. The third wine, Las Terrasses, which produces Alvaro Palacios, made from grapes purchased from local farms, the average age of the vines - 65-70 years. In 2007, the line of prestigious wines of Alvaro Palacios replenished Camins del Priorat.

In 1997, Palacios added onto his own winery, which uses the best equipment. A lot of attention is paid to the care of the vineyards. Here, for each hectare of individual monitors. All work carried out by hand, and harvested grapes are delivered to the village on mules.

Alvaro is a representative of the "new generation" of Spanish wine. From the beginning, his goal was to create a world-class wines, which he achieved made them wines have earned a cult status and received the highest awards and ratings from the most respected publications. John Radford, Spanish wine expert, said: " Les Terrasses - excellent wine, Finca Dofí - outstanding, and L'Ermita - incredible. "