Las Rocas Vinas Viejas Garnacha 2001

Grenache

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Las Rocas Vinas Viejas Garnacha 2001 Front Label

Product Details

Varietal

Grenache

Producer

Las Rocas de San Alejandro

Vintage

2001

Size

750ML

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Winemaker Notes

"Put your seat belts on because the 2001 Garnacha Vinas Viejas (an old vine 100% Grenache cuvee), is prodigious! There are 10,000 cases of this offering (15% alcohol) from the estate's oldest, highest altitude vineyard (100-year old vines planted at 900 meters in 100% slate). It is aged 10% in new French oak and 90% in old barrels and demi-muids. My tasting notes simply read, "no one will believe how great this wine is." It is similar in style to the 2002, but more complex and richer, with greater texture, and a finish that goes on for 40 seconds. The opaque purple color is followed by a phenomenally rich wine that is pure kirsch mixed with blackberries and minerals. Will we ever see another wine this extraordinary for this price?"

"One cannot bestow enough kudos on importer Eric Solomon for unearthing these treasures. The 2001 old vine Garnacha will age well for a decade, although it will undoubtedly be at its finest during its first 5-6 years of life. P. S. I asked a wine loving friend to taste this on the third day it had been opened. He went ga-ga, and said "what does this cost - $50?""
-Wine Advocate

100% Garnacha from minimum 45 years old non irrigated vines that produced an average yield of 2400 kilos per Ha. Harvested in the 3rd week of October, fermented at 24ºC, and macerated for 15 more days after maceration with the skins. Aged in American (60%) and French (40%) oak barrels of several coopers, all of them with a medium toast.

Professional Ratings

93 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

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2006

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2005

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Las Rocas de San Alejandro

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Las Rocas de San Alejandro is located in the region of Calatayud, about 150 miles northeast of Madrid, and is centered around the rivers of Jiloca and Jalon. Although there are still few wineries in the zone, the ones which are beginning to show with their wines why this region is so special.

Although the D.O. is quite young, vines have been grown in the zone for some time. About one eighth of the vineyard land’s production has been bottled at one of Spain’s best and most progressive cooperatives, San Alejandro. With an abundance of amazing raw material, Eric Solomon was able to commission several bottlings of very old vine fruit into what has become one of the most sought-after estates in the portfolio. Calatayud benefits from a continental climate with vast temperature differences between night and day. Harvests are much later than in other parts of Aragon, and the acidity/maturity/alcohol ratios tend to be more balanced.

As most of the vineyards lie on what was (thousands of years ago) an old river basin, the soil is comprised of brown limestone and loam over slate and gypsum. This particular soil is also ideal for production of olives, cherries, and other fruits. Jean-Marc Lafage (of Domaine Lafage in France’s Roussillon) is responsible for the Las Rocas cuvees.

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