Alvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 2020 750ml - SPIRITED Wines
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Alvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 2020 750ml
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Alvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 2020

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Category Red Wine
Varietals
Brand Alvaro Palacios
Origin Spain, Catalonia, Priorato
Alcohol/vol 14.5%

Dark in colour but not opaque. There’s exciting freshness on the nose, with no excessively ripe fruit or overt oak getting in the way. A rounded, spherical, mouth-filling wine, but there’s no heaviness, it’s remarkably fresh and fast on the palate for such a concentrated wine. Long, focused and precise, with that characteristic slatey minerality that Palacios spotlights with his Priorats. Powerful but not overly concentrated, with a natural vibrancy, expansiveness and mineral base that gives this wine its power and architecture. Raspberry-laced finish, but the fruit really is secondary to the extremely mineral expression.--Matt Walls, Decanter

The single-vineyard 2020 Finca Dofí comes from the 14 hectares of vines planted across three parajes (lieu-dits) in Gratallops, a blend of 83% Garnacha, 12% Cariñena, 4% Picapoll—a grape with low sugar and high acidity (good for climate change) that he regrafted some four years ago—and 1% white grapes: Garnacha Blanca and Macabeo, all fermented in oak vats with 10% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in large oak barrels (bocoyes and foudres) for 15 months. It has good ripeness, 14.5% alcohol and a soft texture with nice balance, good freshness and fine tannins. 18,778 bottles and some other larger and smaller formats produced. It was bottled in May 2022.-Luis Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate

What a charming nose, with scented blueberries, crushed violets, red berries, wild herbs and a hint of dark olive. Juicy and pristinely dry and honest on the medium-to full-bodied palate, rounded by ultra-fine tannins, which are silky and powdery. Quite effortless and naturally long. Drink now or hold.- James Suckling

A plush and harmonious red that starts quietly, with delicate notes of pureed raspberry, anise, thyme, violet and a streak of graphite- and stone-laced mineral slowly expanding on the silky palate. Long and seamlessly knit, with chalky tannins defining the sleek finish. Garnacha and Samsó. Drink now through 2030. 1,300 cases made.-Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator

Wine Advocate
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The single-vineyard 2020 Finca Dofí comes from the 14 hectares of vines planted across three parajes (lieu-dits) in Gratallops, a blend of 83% Garnacha, 12% Cariñena, 4% Picapoll-a grape with low sugar and high acidity (good for climate change) that he regrafted some four years ago-and 1% white grapes: Garnacha Blanca and Macabeo, all fermented in oak vats with 10% full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured in large oak barrels (bocoyes and foudres) for 15 months. It has good ripeness, 14.5% alcohol and a soft texture with nice balance, good freshness and fine tannins. 18,778 bottles and some other larger and smaller formats produced. It was bottled in May 2022.

Luis Gutierrez, September 30, 2022
Wine Spectator
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A plush and harmonious red that starts quietly, with delicate notes of pureed raspberry, anise, thyme, violet and a streak of graphite- and stone-laced mineral slowly expanding on the silky palate. Long and seamlessly knit, with chalky tannins defining the sleek finish. Garnacha and Samsó. Drink now through 2030.

Alison Napjus, March 31, 2023

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