2023 Descendientes de Jose Palacios - Mencia Bierzo Petalos de Bierzo (750ml)
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2023 Descendientes de J. Palacios Pétalos del Bierzo Mencía From the visionary Álvaro Palacios — the iconoclast who single-handedly resurrected Priorat and then turned his restless genius northwest to the ancient slate terraces of Bierzo — comes Pétalos, the wine that put Mencía on the world map and remains one of Spain's most thrillingly alive and compulsively drinkable bottles at any price. Sourced from old-vine Mencía grown on the dramatic, steep slate and quartzite hillsides of the Bierzo valley, where Atlantic freshness meets Continental warmth in perfect, energizing tension, this is a wine of breathtaking purity and effortless charm. The 2023 delivers Mencía's signature aromatic brilliance — wild blueberry, violet, crushed slate, and a whisper of herbs and dark spice — on a palate that is silky, weightless, and impossibly fresh, with a mineral precision and lifted acidity that keeps you reaching for the glass again and again. Light enough to chill slightly, complex enough to contemplate, and priced generously enough to drink without occasion — Pétalos is the rare wine that satisfies both the head and the heart in equal measure. One of Spain's greatest vinous gifts, vintage after vintage.
93+ Points
"The 2023 Pétalos has around 20% grapes from Corullón and the rest bought from around 100 families across Bierzo, approximately 91% Mencía, 8% whites and 1% other reds that fermented in open-top oak and stainless steel vats with indigenous yeast. Malolactic fermentation took a couple of months in oak and stainless steel, and the wine matured in barriques and bocoyes for 10 months. It comes in at 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.74. It has a serious nose that combines berry fruit with herbs and a licorice twist, and it is a little tighter and more herbal, denoting more sensation of freshness in the wine even if the year was also warmish. But the peaks of heat did not reach the highs they did in 2022. It makes you think of the Bierzo wines from yesteryear, with the rain during the harvest. It's elegant but there's weight. Despite the price level, this is a wine that aged beautifully in bottle, something you don't expect in an entry-level wine. Final production figures were as expected, 297,867 bottles. The wine was bottled between January and April 2025. This keeps its position as one of the best values in Spain."
2023 Descendientes de J. Palacios Pétalos del Bierzo Mencía From the visionary Álvaro Palacios — the iconoclast who single-handedly resurrected Priorat and then turned his restless genius northwest to the ancient slate terraces of Bierzo — comes Pétalos, the wine that put Mencía on the world map and remains one of Spain's most thrillingly alive and compulsively drinkable bottles at any price. Sourced from old-vine Mencía grown on the dramatic, steep slate and quartzite hillsides of the Bierzo valley, where Atlantic freshness meets Continental warmth in perfect, energizing tension, this is a wine of breathtaking purity and effortless charm. The 2023 delivers Mencía's signature aromatic brilliance — wild blueberry, violet, crushed slate, and a whisper of herbs and dark spice — on a palate that is silky, weightless, and impossibly fresh, with a mineral precision and lifted acidity that keeps you reaching for the glass again and again. Light enough to chill slightly, complex enough to contemplate, and priced generously enough to drink without occasion — Pétalos is the rare wine that satisfies both the head and the heart in equal measure. One of Spain's greatest vinous gifts, vintage after vintage.
93+ Points
"The 2023 Pétalos has around 20% grapes from Corullón and the rest bought from around 100 families across Bierzo, approximately 91% Mencía, 8% whites and 1% other reds that fermented in open-top oak and stainless steel vats with indigenous yeast. Malolactic fermentation took a couple of months in oak and stainless steel, and the wine matured in barriques and bocoyes for 10 months. It comes in at 13% alcohol with a pH of 3.74. It has a serious nose that combines berry fruit with herbs and a licorice twist, and it is a little tighter and more herbal, denoting more sensation of freshness in the wine even if the year was also warmish. But the peaks of heat did not reach the highs they did in 2022. It makes you think of the Bierzo wines from yesteryear, with the rain during the harvest. It's elegant but there's weight. Despite the price level, this is a wine that aged beautifully in bottle, something you don't expect in an entry-level wine. Final production figures were as expected, 297,867 bottles. The wine was bottled between January and April 2025. This keeps its position as one of the best values in Spain."
