Alvaro Palacios, producer of one of Spain’s most expensive wines, L’Ermita from the Priorat region, is also the producer in partnership with his nephew, Ricardo Perez Palacios, of this more modestly priced wine from the Mencia grape grown in the Bierzo region of Spain. In their hands, it is a complex, deeply colored dark ruby wine with delectable, lush, blackberry, plum, black cherry fruit enhanced with herbal, floral notes. It is full bodied and well balanced with zesty acidity and ripe, well-integrated tannins. It pairs well with an array of flavors like barbeque beef, mushroom risotto, or pepperoni pizza.
Descendientes de Jose Palacios, Bierzo DO (Basque Country, Spain) Mencia 2020
By Rebecca Murphy