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If there is one winemaker from Spain whose talent and genius is recognized worldwide, it is that of Alvaro Palacios . His wines, full of complexity and elegance, have given new life to the wines of Spain. The winery, based in Spain's Priorat wine region, is renowned for producing wines that faithfully reflect the region's unique terroir. Álvaro Palacios, a pioneer in the use of biodynamic viticulture methods in Spain, has greatly helped raise the profile of Priorat wines with its innovative and high-end vintages.
The Finca Dofí vintage, The first vineyard acquired by Alvaro Palacios, is known as the little sister of the famous L'Ermita cuvée. It comes from a single plot of 10 hectares located in the village of Gratallops in Tarragona. This wine is made mainly from Grenache and Carignan, grown on the rocky and arid slopes that characterize the region . They are cultivated using respectful agriculture. Once harvested and selected by hand, the grapes are destemmed and crushed in the cellar to begin fermentation with indigenous yeasts in oak barrels. The wine is then fermented for 14 months in tuns and will be bottled without fining or filtration. This wine gives off intense aromas of blackberries , red berries , plums , blueberries , violets , white pepper , graphite , liquorice and black spices . The palate is round and mineral with powdery tannins and a fresh structure giving a wine of impressive intensity and complexity.
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The history of wine in Spain is so old that no one really knows who brought the first vines to the region. When the Phoenicians arrived some 3,000 years ago and founded the present-day cities of Cádiz and Jerez, viticulture was well established and Spanish wines were widely marketed throughout the Mediterranean and North Africa. You could say that Spain is a wine miracle. After years spent away from the world of fine wines, she is today a major player. Investment and ambition in the vineyards and cellars results in increasingly rich and complex (often very alcoholic) and spicy reds which are increasingly appreciated by international consumers. Proud to have more land devoted to vines than any other country, Spain is only beginning to capitalize on this resource consistently. Spain is an anarchic tangle of regions and sub-regions, just as its landscape is an anarchic tangle of incredibly raw landscapes. A glance at a map reveals the climatic diversity among Spain's many wine regions, from the soggy green vineyards of Galicia on the northern Atlantic coast to the toasty vineyards of southeastern the Mediterranean. Spain's saving grace, in terms of viticulture, is the average altitude of its vineyards, above 600 meters. A large part of Spanish vineyards therefore manage to produce grapes of good color and acidity simply because night temperatures are relatively low and the grapes do not ripen until the end of a sufficiently long growing period. But there is real treasure to be found for those willing to dig and, now that a class of connoisseurs has developed in Spain, all manner of ambitious investors have done their part to change the image of Spanish wine . Today, a new generation of winemakers has quietly begun making spectacular wines and experimenting with grape varieties that would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Wine remains an important commodity and is an integral part of Spanish culture.