Raul Perez Ultreia St Jacques Bierzo Tinto 750ML 2022

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"The 2022 Ultreia suffered in the comparison with all the other Ultreia reds from 2023, as 2022 was a much more challenging, very dry and warm year. It comes from the Ponferrada zone, old vines with a field blend on slate soils. It reminded me of a Priorat, ripe and Mediterranean with notes of wet slate. This had a longer élevage in barrel, close to two years, during which time the wine developed some flor."-Luis Gutierrez

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"Raul Perez’s Ultreia Saint Jacques is made from another old vineyard, having been planted between 1910 and 1940. Like most very old vineyards in Bierzo, it is made from a field blend composed of primarily Mencía, augmented by small percentages of Garnacha Tintorera and Bastardo. The 2022 version comes in at 13.5 percent octane and delivers a superb bouquet of dark berries, coffee bean, grilled meats, tree bark, sweet stem tones, a fine base of dark soil, woodsmoke and a deft framing of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, tangy and complex, with a fine core of ripe fruit, very good soil undertow, well-integrated tannins and a long, beautifully balanced and very promising finish."-John Gilman

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