Alvaro Palacios Gratallops Priorat vi de vila Gratallops 2021 cote-de-beaune initial fermentation is still carried

initial fermentation is still carried out in small oak barrels

This may not be your mother-in-law's Chardonnay

the Chateau Meyney 2017 reflects the typical character of a great wine from Saint-Estephe

but always impressive

Alvaro Palacios Gratallops Priorat vi de vila Gratallops 2021 cote-de-beaune initial fermentation is still carriedPrimrose, red berry jubes, elderberry and flower, dark tea leaf it's pretty, soft, velvety, floral, sooty and lifted all at the same time and very composed and complete, just a beautiful, really beautiful smelling wine. Very subtly pruney plums lead with snips of spice, floral lift, sooty depth from the Priorat Llicorella schist soils. it's expressive and expansive, fruit merges into savoury, mouth filling and reaching, while dancy and deft, almost