1. LES TERRASES

Producer: Alvaro Palacios
Importer: Approach Trade Ireland Ltd.
D.O: Priorato
Price:€ 30.60
Stockists: 64 Wine; On the Grapevine; Mitchell & Son; O’Briens Wine; Avoca; Egan’s Too; The Kingdom Stores, Karwig Wines.


This remarkable estate is the creation of wunderkind Alvaro Palacios, a passionate winemaker who was impressed enough by the potential of the northeast corner of Spain’s Catalonia to purchase a property in Priorat. Alvaro Palacios studied and worked in Bordeaux. His two vineyards include L’Ermita, which is an organically cultivated 25-acre vineyard, of which 5 acres are planted in extremely old vines, and Finca Dofi, a 17-acre vineyard. The vines, which are planted on the terraces of Priorat, yield tiny quantities of wine. Wines are aged in new French and bottled without filtration.