Palacios Remondo Propiedad 2021

The Propiedad bottling is not produced every year, and the 2021 Propiedad, mostly Garnacha (with 10% other grapes) from old organically farmed and head-pruned vines in the parajes of Las Mulgas, Cabecilla de la Ra and Valmira, fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts. It has the signature of this cuvée in a cooler year: elegant and fresh but not lacking power or concentration. It has a velvety, precise and seamless palate, with great freshness and balance, red berry and crushed stone flavors and a citrus twist of freshness. There is a lot more depth and complexity compared with the already exceptional La Montesa. It’s fine-boned and elegant, with very fine tannins and a precise and clean finish. It’s also powerful and ripe at 14.5% alcohol, keeping a pH of 3.5 and 5.3 grams of acidity. It was bottled in March 2023 after it spent 10 months in oak vats and barrels of different sizes. Drink date: 2023-2033. Score – 95+. (Luis Gutiérrez, robertparker.com, Feb. 29, 2024)