93+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2020 Pètalos bottling from Ricardo Perez is a lovely bottle of Mencía. This wine is made from about a fifty-fifty split of estate-grown fruit that is primarily planted on slate soils in the hills around the village of Corullón, coupled with purchased fruit from nearby farmers whose vines are planted more often than not on clay. The wine comes in at 14.1 percent octane this year and offers up a deep and youthfully complex bouquet of sweet dark berries, pomegranate, graphite, a hint of tree bark, a fine base of dark soil tones, a touch of coffee grounds and a gentle topnote of Bierzo botanicals. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, focused and moderately tannic, with an excellent core of fruit, fine soil signature, impeccable balance and a long, complex and very promising finish. Though the Pètalos is ostensibly crafted for early drinking, the 2020 vintage is going to want some bottle age to soften up its and drink properly. I remember drinking one of Ricardo’s earliest vintages of Pètalos in a restaurant in Madrid many years ago and the distance this bottling has traveled in quality aspirations in that time is quite remarkable, as this is one stunningly beautiful wine in the making! 2026-2060. (Mar/Apr 2022)"
93+ points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "The regional red 2020 Pétalos comes from 90 hectares of vineyards, mainly from Corullón and Villafranca del Bierzo and the districts of Viariz, Hornija, Valtuille de Abajo and Otero. It mixes expositions, altitudes and soils and wants to paint a picture of Bierzo in the warm 2020 vintage. They reckon it's 92% Mencía with 5% other red grapes (Alicante Bouschet, Gran Negro, Pan y Carne and Negreda) and 3% whites (Valenciana, Jerez and Godello) with an average yield of 26 hectoliters per hectare... The wine matured in barrel for around eight months (malolactic was fast, and the wines were put in barrel early) and was bottled unclarified, unfiltered and non-stabilized with cold. It has good ripeness with 14% alcohol (their upper limit) and moderate acidity at 4.6 grams (of tartaric acid). It's a little more fruit-driven, a vintage of sun, jovial and juicy, approachable and round with very fine, slightly powdery tannins. The fruit is darker than in the 2019. This is still young, and, as it happens with even the most approachable wines from the region, it should be even better in a couple of years... it's harmonious and more serious, juicy and tasty... It was bottled in May 2021. Drink: 2022-2027. (Jun 2022)"
93+ points Luis Gutiérrez (Wine Advocate): "The regional red 2020 Pétalos comes from 90 hectares of vineyards, mainly from Corullón and Villafranca del Bierzo and the districts of Viariz, Hornija, Valtuille de Abajo and Otero. It mixes expositions, altitudes and soils and wants to paint a picture of Bierzo in the warm 2020 vintage. They reckon it's 92% Mencía with 5% other red grapes (Alicante Bouschet, Gran Negro, Pan y Carne and Negreda) and 3% whites (Valenciana, Jerez and Godello) with an average yield of 26 hectoliters per hectare... The wine matured in barrel for around eight months (malolactic was fast, and the wines were put in barrel early) and was bottled unclarified, unfiltered and non-stabilized with cold. It has good ripeness with 14% alcohol (their upper limit) and moderate acidity at 4.6 grams (of tartaric acid). It's a little more fruit-driven, a vintage of sun, jovial and juicy, approachable and round with very fine, slightly powdery tannins. The fruit is darker than in the 2019. This is still young, and, as it happens with even the most approachable wines from the region, it should be even better in a couple of years... it's harmonious and more serious, juicy and tasty... It was bottled in May 2021. Drink: 2022-2027. (Jun 2022)"
| Product SKU | 703777 |
| Producer | Desc. de José Palacios |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Bierzo |
| Varietal | Other Red Wines |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
| Blend | 92% Mencía with 5% other red grapes (Alicante Bouschet, Gran Negro, Pan y Carne and Negreda) and 3% whites (Valenciana, Jerez and Godello) |
| ABV | 14.1% |
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