2012 Las Lamas
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Without a doubt the 2012 Las Lamas is the star of the vintage,and I'm talking not about the winery only, but about the whole of the Bierzo! If all the 2012 wines here are flowery and perfumed, Las Lamas has aromas of white flowers rather than violets, the citric notes are finer, like blood orange zest. Ricardo feels Las Lamas was picked in exactly the correct day, because Mencía is a very sensitive grape, and if you pick it one day too late or one day too early you get over ripeness or green, vegetal aromas. He talks about wild rose and quince, and I also get some soil, earthy, Gevrey-like. I think they really hit the bull's eye in 2012. The palate shows prodigious balance and harmony, like a tightrope walker moving steadily across the line, it dances on your tongue with the lightness and elegance of a ballerina. Ethereal, without being light. There are 2,500 bottles of this prodigious Bierzo. For this quality the price is really good.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Jancis Robinson MW
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Village: Corullón. Vine age: 60-90 years old. Mencía and 2% Alicante Bouschet. Vineyard aspect: south. Climate: continental with maritime influence. Soil type: slate-clay. Vineyard size: 1.48 ha. Yield: 14 hl/ha. The winery is also producing La Faraona and Moncerbal, two other very stimulating single-vineyard wines. Half destemmed, open-cask fermentation, punching down and very extended maceration of 39 days. 20 months’ ageing and neither clarification nor filtration. Following the advice from the winery, the wine was decanted two hours prior to tasting; even so it showed a reductive and closed character. Very youthful and needing time in bottle to express itself. The nose has flowers, sour cherries, pungent spices and touch of creaminess. The wine is tight grained and a bit closed on the palate at this stage, however it has a great potential with a long finish and seamless texture. Not showing at its best now but great development is expected. (FC)
Without a doubt the 2012 Las Lamas is the star of the vintage,and I'm talking not about the winery only, but about the whole of the Bierzo! If all the 2012 wines here are flowery and perfumed, Las Lamas has aromas of white flowers rather than violets, the citric notes are finer, like blood orange zest. Ricardo feels Las Lamas was picked in exactly the correct day, because Mencía is a very sensitive grape, and if you pick it one day too late or one day too early you get over ripeness or green, vegetal aromas. He talks about wild rose and quince, and I also get some soil, earthy, Gevrey-like. I think they really hit the bull's eye in 2012. The palate shows prodigious balance and harmony, like a tightrope walker moving steadily across the line, it dances on your tongue with the lightness and elegance of a ballerina. Ethereal, without being light. There are 2,500 bottles of this prodigious Bierzo. For this quality the price is really good.
Inky purple. An intensely perfumed bouquet evokes black and blue preserves, incense, violet and floral oils. Fleshy, palate-staining boysenberry and black raspberry flavors are enlivened by smoky mineral and floral pastille nuances and a hint of allspice. Closes on a gently tannic note, with superb clarity, length and thrust, leaving sweet dark fruit notes behind.