Raúl Pérez

El Rapolao, La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo, 2022

Name: El Rapolao, La Vizcaina de Vinos, Bierzo
Brand: Raúl Pérez
Price: 26.78 GBP

93/100

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Critic Reviews

93/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 La Vizcaina El Rapolao is also dark and ripe, reflecting the very warm and dry conditions of the year. It has the grapes from the same plot they always usednow their propertyplus another plot that has some more Alicante Bouschet. It fermented with 100% full clusters. The wine from the original plot matured in used barrels, and the new (which is old) plot matured in an used foudre. The idea is to move all of the wines to foudre; but they find that the wines get reduced, so they are going slowly. It has some oak and a sensation of high ripeness. The wine is clean but feels quite ripe and has black rather than red fruit and an earthy touch with notes of licorice and pepper. It has abundant, slightly dusty tannins. There are some 9,000 bottles.

drinking window 2024 - 2029

date of review 06/2024

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