On the nose there's plenty of ripe plum
This is the 15th release of the Pike & Joyce version and is up there with the best we have made
but always impressive
initial fermentation is still carried out in small oak barrels
The nose is fresh and vibrant with herbaceous tones
Alvaro Palacios Gratallops Priorat vi de vila Gratallops 2021 cote-de-beaune On the nose there's plentyPrimrose, red berry jubes, elderberry and flower, dark tea leaf it's pretty, soft, velvety, floral, sooty and lifted all at the same time and very composed and complete, just a beautiful, really beautiful smelling wine. Very subtly pruney plums lead with snips of spice, floral lift, sooty depth from the Priorat Llicorella schist soils. it's expressive and expansive, fruit merges into savoury, mouth filling and reaching, while dancy and deft, almost