Raúl Pérez

La Penitencia, Ribeira Sacra, 2018

Name: La Penitencia, Ribeira Sacra
Brand: Raúl Pérez
Price: 470.74 GBP

98/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

95/100

Vinous

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2018
6x75cl
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£470.74

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Provenance in fine wine

When it comes to purchasing wine, provenance is of upmost importance. A wine’s history – where it’s sourced from and how it’s been stored – can have an enormous influence on the eventual enjoyment it provides. At Justerini & Brooks, we can trace nearly every case back to the domaine, estate or Château it originally came from; we ship from over 200 wine producers throughout the world.

Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Josh Raynolds,

Vinous

Bright violet. A hugely perfumed and complex bouquet evokes vibrant red and blue fruits, candied flowers, exotic spices, licorice and smoky minerals. Sweet and penetrating on the palate, offering assertive boysenberry, raspberry, cherry liqueur, spicecake and lavender flavors that show outstanding delineation and back-end lift. The mineral and floral notes drive an extremely long, energetic finish that leaves a juicy red fruit preserve note behind.

drinking window 2024 - 2033

date of review 06/2021

98/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The wine produced with grapes from the Pombeiras vineyard owned by Guimaro on the banks of the Sil River is the 2018 La Penitencia. The vineyard is even smaller than the one used to produce El Pecadoless than half a hectare planted over 70 years ago with a field blend dominated by Mencia but also including small quantities of many other varieties, such as Caino, Souson, Brancellao, Merenzao, Negreda, Garnacha Tintorera, Mouraton and even other whites, all on schist soils of granitic origin. This has always been fermented with full clusters and foot treading in 1,500-liter oak vats and matured in 500-liter oak barrels. This has an explosive nose that is floral and exotic, with a wild herbal touch, juicy, a little rustic, very faithful to the origin. It has some citrus notes of freshness, and the palate is intense, high-pitched, electric, pungent and very long and mineral. It has moderate alcohol and very fine tannins, energy and lightit's simply superb. Some 800 bottles were filled in April 2018.

drinking window 2020 - 2029

date of review 05/2020

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.