Floris Legere Alaviana 2012
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Blend: 80% Garnacha, 20% Syrah
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2012 Alaviana is a cuvee produced with 80% Garnacha from old-vine and young-vine Syrah. The Garnacha is aged in cement and the Syrah in used barrique and bottles after one year. It has a clean, pleasant, fruit-driven nose with aromas of red fruit and plenty of notes of balsamic Mediterranean herbs. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, very good freshness and balance of all its components. This is a pleasure to drink. Great value. Rating: 90+
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.