Alvaro Palacios - Finca Dofi 2022 (750ml)
Price: $127.99
| Producer | Alvaro Palacios |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Catalunya |
| Varietal | Garnacha, Cariñena, Picapoll, Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 201568 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Wine Spectator: 95 Points
A fresh, graceful red, with lovely purity to the crushed raspberry, pomegranate and cherry fruit flavors. Shows pinpoint balance and precision, integrating a bright seam of blood orange peel–infused acidity and fine, chalky tannins. Appealing details of bay leaf, violet, wild thyme and mineral join the fruit profile to echo on the long, fluid finish. Garnacha and Samsó. Drink now through 2042.
Wine Advocate: 95-97 Points
The 2022 Finca Dofí was produced with 88% Garnacha, 9% Cariñena, 2% Picapoll and 1% white grapes from a 12.5-hectare slope planted 18 to 38 years ago. It fermented with part of full clusters in oak vats with indigenous yeasts and had a maceration of 32 days. It matured in oval oak foudres and large French oak barrels for a period of 14 months. It has 14.4% alcohol and a pH of 3.46 and 4.8 grams of acidity. It has a little more color and ripeness, and it's quite spicy, with notes of licorice and an earthy twist. Palacios told me Picapoll has provided very good acidity and low alcohol; some years they used up to 6% of it (they started grafting it some 12 years ago from the old plants from his old winemaker, Joan Asens).
