Alvaro Palacios, Rioja Quinon Valmira Vintage:2020 Superb definition towards the finish

Superb definition towards the finish and great length

and confirmed itself as a wine of early appeal loaded with easy charm

(from domaine-owned fruit in two similarly sized parcels – one at the top and the other at the bottom of the slope though the bottom was recently pulled up

then racked into French oak for the malolactic fermentation

Alvaro Palacios, Rioja Quinon Valmira Vintage:2020 Superb definition towards the finishThe single vineyard 2020 Quin de Valmira was produced with the Garnacha field blend that contains 10% other traditional varieties from the Valmira Vineyard at 616 meters in altitude. It fermented with some full clusters with indigenous yeasts in oak vats and matured in oak foudres and bocoyes for 16 months. It's very spicy, peppery and aromatic, floral, a little la Vosne Romane, with depth and complexity, very chalky, nicely textured, tasty, elegant