Alegre Valganon: Carra Sto Domingo 2021

: Forskellige, Garnacha, Garnacha Blanca, Viura

: rød, tør; 14,5% Vol.; Drikkemoden: 2026–2043

: voluminøs og kraftfuld; frugt-orienteret; struktureret

: Lobenberg: 97/100; Parker: 97/100

: Spanien, Rioja, Rioja Alta

: Allergener: Sulfitter,

Tapperi / Importør: ALEGRE & VALGAÑÓN S.L.,B26497248, Parque Picos de Urbión, 13 - 1oC 26008, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

Tæt Grenache med rige hindbær, søde kirsebær og eksotiske smagsnuancer, rigt krydderi fra rosiner, kraft fra gamle vinstokke, meget tæt for Greanche. Coll-klima og lidt grøn, skifer, masser af bid og friskhed. Pinot Noir, Dujac-agtig, minder om Morey St. Denis. Jordet, tæt, masser af spænding, dominerende kirsebær, usædvanligt for Grenache. Tilsætningen af hvide druer gør en Rioja til en slags Cote Rotie. En selvstændig vin med storhed, den ønsker ikke at være alles darling. Vidunderligt anderledes. 97/100

Den yderst aromatiske, enestående årgang 2021 begejstrer i Spanien med en friskhed, der er uden sidestykke. Efter sommerens tørkestress bragte et gyldent, køligt efterår det sensationelle vendepunkt. De tykskallede druer leverer langtidsholdbare vine fulde af karakter, modne tanniner og livlig syre.

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Parker om: Carra Sto Domingo

I was able to taste a bottle of the terrific 2021 Carra Sto Domingo a bit later, which was bright, ruby colored, perfumed and expressive, perhaps a little higher-pitched than the Bahierra from the same vintage. The grapes from the vines planted in the 1920s fermented with some full clusters and uncrushed berries with a soft extraction and a maceration of three weeks. It's complex and aromatic, very elegant and super balanced, with great freshness, precision and harmony, symmetric and clean, like laser cut. It matured in a 225-liter barrel and another 500-liter one for 13 months. The tannins are very fine, and the wine comes through as very fresh. It is also powerful at 14.4% alcohol but keeps a low pH of 3.47. Production was a little bit higher that year, and they managed to produce 950 bottles of this beauty. It was bottled in January 2023. 97/100