Product Description
92 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
"Produced with a specific strain of Garnacha, Garnacha Peluda or hairy Garnacha, the 2015 La Peluda is a new bottling from lime and limestone soils planted with the strain that tends to produce fresher and lighter juice with higher acidity. It fermented in stainless steel with malolactic in barrels and a further ten months in 500-liter French oak barrels. There is a sappy spicy character to this red that I loved, cracked peppercorn with a wild side that made me think of a Syrah from Valais. It's really aromatic and showy. The palate is very refined, with an herbal twist that provides great freshness, perhaps from a relatively early harvest. Impressive!! 6,000 bottles were filled in September 2016."
Vinous Reverie Notes
Nuria Altés considers Garnacha Peluda, the thin-skinned and hairy-leafed mutation of Garnacha to be her Pinot Noir. Sourced from her neighbors in Batea and Gandesa, this variety makes for expressive wines when grown in the sandy and chalky soils of Terra Alta.
