Alvaro Palacios - Finca Dofi 2023 (750ml)
Price: $128.99
| Producer | Alvaro Palacios |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Catalunya |
| Varietal | Garnacha, Cariñena, Picapoll, Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 206070 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Alvaro Palacios Description
Alvaro Palacios is one of nine children born into a respected Rioja wine producer Palacios Remondo. He decided to study enology in Bordeaux and after graduation worked at Petrus. He eventually returned to Spain where he worked for a period as a barrel salesman getting the opportunity to travel throughout Spain’s wine regions. In 1989, Alvaro as a member of the “Gang of Five” made his first wine and that group of 5 producers put the Priorat on the international wine world map. Alvaro acquired his first vineyard in 1990 and named it Finca Dofi. In 1993, he located and purchased his crown jewel a northeast facing steep vineyard on schist planted between 1900 and 1940. Because the top of the vineyard has an ancient hermitage he named this vineyard L’Ermita. Today Alvaro’s wines are a beautiful expression of power and elegance. Finca Dofi is mostly Garnacha with a small part of Carinyena and also a touch of white varieties.
The original Clos Dofi now called Finca Dofi. This is a single vineyard with an average vine age of 20 years. One of the first 5 great "clos" that catapulted the Priorat to fame.
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
The 2023 Finca Dofí was still not bottled, like a few of the 2023s. It comes from the 12.5-hectare vineyard that names the wine, which extends across three different parajes, or lieu-dits, from Gratallops. The vines were planted 20 years ago on slopes and terraces, and in 2023, it delivered 95% Garnacha and 5% Cariñena that fermented with part of uncrushed grapes in oak vats with indigenous yeasts and had a 36-day maceration. It matured in oval oak foudres and large barrels for 15 months. When I tasted it last year, it surprised me because of it's floral and perfumed profile. It continues the same, a character that has grown in the last few years, floral, aromatic and elegant, very clean and precise.
