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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Manzanilla, New York, New York
The influence that Alvaro Palacios has had on Spanish winemaking over the past two decades can hardly be measured. Not only has he been a reference point for young winemakers throughout Spain; he pioneered the two highly important regions of Priorat and Bierzo.
And he created two of the latter-day icons of Spanish wine: L’Ermita and La Faraona.
On Wednesday, May 22, Alvaro joined us at NYC’s wonderful Manzanilla for verticals of both L’Ermita and La Faraona.
L’Ermita is of course the most emblematic wine of Priorat, made by Alvaro since 1993 from old Garnacha vines planted on a steep hillside of pure schist. At the top of the hillside is the hermitage that gives the site its name. The market price for recent vintages of L’Ermita has grown to about $1000 a bottle.
La Faraona is the great wine of Bierzo, grown from a high-altitude Mencía vineyard that is at the upper limit of viticulture in Bierzo. The vines themselves are even older than those of L’Ermita, dating back more than 100 years. Since its first vintage in 2001, fewer than 100 cases have been made each year, and even recent vintages of La Faraona sell for $700 to $900 per bottle in Spain.
The following rarities were served at this momentous tasting:
La Faraona: 2001, 2006, 2010, 2012
L’Ermita: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
The 2012s from both vineyards were barrel samples and this was the first time they were tasted in America.
As for the incredibly rare 2001 La Faraona, at the time of the dinner, we didn’t know of a bottle available for sale anywhere in the world.
These great wines were accompanied by an inspired menu by one of the biggest stars of Spain’s culinary scene, Dani García, who opened Manzanilla in February. The restaurant features the authentic Spanish flavors of García’s Michelin two-star restaurant Calima, in Marbella, Spain, in a more casual environment.
Year | Description | Size | Notes | Avail/ Limit |
Price | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 2022 Álvaro Palacios Camins del Priorat | WS92 | 12 | $28.95 | add | |
1998 | 1998 Álvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 5 L | 5 L | 1 | $795.00 | add | |
1999 | 1999 Álvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 3 L | 3 L | 1 | $545.00 | add | |
2021 | 2021 Álvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 1.5 L | 1.5 L |
LG96+ / WS95 |
1 | $219.95 | add |
2019 | 2019 Álvaro Palacios L'Ermita | LG100 | 2 | $995.00 | add | |
2020 | 2020 Álvaro Palacios L'Ermita | LG99 | 3 | $950.00 | add | |
2021 | 2021 Álvaro Palacios Priorat Les Terrasses |
LG94-96 / WS93 |
12 | $45.00 | add | |
2020 | 2020 Descendientes de J. Palacios La Faraona |
LG99 / DEC98 |
2 | $1,095.00 | add | |
2020 | 2020 Descendientes de J. Palacios La Faraona 1.5 L | 1.5 L |
LG99 / DEC98 |
1 | $2,350.00 | add |
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