Alemany I Corrio Sot Lefriec 2001
Winemaker Notes
-Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
"Full ruby. Cassis, graphite and bitter chocolate aromas. Lush and supersweet, but with strong acidity giving the superconcentrated blueberry and bitter chocolate flavors terrific clarity and penetration. Impeccably balanced wine, with a very long, classy finish that features broad, palate-dusting tannins. Importer Eric Solomon describes this as the first garage wine of the Penedes."
-International Wine Cellar
Their wine - Sot Lefriec is emerging as a wine of true ‘First Growth’ potential and as one of Spain's finest wines. The winery is truly a garage winery, which allows the winemakers to express themselves in the way they wish. The facility is tucked into 200 square meters (2,150 sq. feet) and has an annual production of some 5,000 bottles.
Known for its bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy red wines, 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.
Most planted and respected 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.
