Raúl Pérez

Ultreia, Petra, Bierzo, 2021

Name: Ultreia, Petra, Bierzo
Brand: Raúl Pérez
Price: 352.73 GBP

96/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

One of the mythical Ultreia crus, “Petra is direct and crisp, with a different profile to the other wines. A warm plot in a cool sub-region– a lovely combination.” So says Raúl Pérez. Petra comes from a 0.3HA plot planted between 1925 and 1930 on the high, cool Ponferrada side of the Bierzo zone where the soils are slate-rich, in a subzone called Valdecanada. It is only bottled in exceptional vintages. In fact, 2021 may well be the last Ultreia bottling of Petra, as the plan is to incorporate it in to the newly created Valdecanada range, at a higher price point to reflect the labour that goes in to working the site. Situated at 825m with a southerly orientation, it is very windy, often requiring longer in barrel to round out the tighter tannins. The 2021 bursts forth with a wash of lacy, perfumed red fruit, crunchy but highly refined tannins intertwined with minerality and spice. It shows a sweet and beautifully elegant bramble character, enhanced by background notes of wild herbs, graphite and fresh berries as it opens up. Just two barriques produced, around 600 bottles.

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Critic Reviews

96/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The nose of the 2021 Ultreia Petra is completely different from the rest of the Ultreia range. This is only two barriques, despite the fact that he bought all the land in the cru; but some of the vines are in the process of being recovered, and some were replanted and not yet in production. So, he has all of the vineyard (around 0.7 or 0.8 hectares), and it is all surrounded by forestthere are no adjacent vineyards. This has a different character because of the slate soils, with it's earthy sensation but the very elegant tannins. It's a rare combination of power and elegance, with abundant but fine-grained tannins and along aftertaste, quite open and expressive.

drinking window 2024 - 2034

date of review 08/2023

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