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Quiñón de Valmira 2022

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.0%
Production1,000 - 4,400 bottles

The wine

The new fine wine from Álvaro Palacios in La Rioja, a single varietal Garnacha, which comes into being to follow in the footsteps of the other two magnificent wines in this family, L'Ermita and La Faraona, wines which express most convincingly the terroir — in this case Alfaro, the town where Álvaro was born — as well as a subtlety and elegance achieved through careful attention and considerable expertise.

Production of Valmira is limited to a 500-litre barrel and another of 300 litres.

Ratings and awards

2023100 PK
202297 PK
202199 PK
202099 PK95 SK
201998 PK97 PN98 SK
201898 PK96 PN
PK: ParkerPN: PeñínSK: Suckling

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker, Parker, and Parker

The just-bottled 2023 Quiñón de Valmira was hitting it on all cylinders the morning I tasted it. It was exuberant, aromatic, floral, extroverted and really singing, with incredible harmony for a wine that had been bottled only a couple of weeks before I tried it. It had a shorter maceration, a mere 13 days (compared with the from 45 from the 2022), and also a shorter élevage, 13 months. 2023 continued the dry and warm tendency of 2022 that made them work more and differently in the vineyards to keep the humidity in the soil and have more vegetation, which seems to help the sticks hold up the vines.

— Luis Gutiérrez (27/02/2025)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2023 - 100 PARKER

I tasted the 2022 Quiñón de Valmira that I had already tasted before bottling last year, but this time I tasted it from bottle and next to the 2023. The year seems to have marked a change in the weather and even the aromatic profiles of the wines, but the Garnacha seems to resist. It delivered what it promised but, unfortunately, suffered in the comparison with the superb 2023. It has a pale ruby color with purple tints of youth. It's 85% Garnacha (not 58%, as I wrote last year), with the remaining 15% from other traditional varieties, fermented with a long maceration and some full clusters and matured in oak foudres for 17 months, after which it rested in concrete for another six months. It's floral, expressive, elegant and open, a little shier than the 2023, with ripeness, juicy red fruit and very fine tannins, just slightly dusty. It finishes dry and with some stony austerity that I loved. It comes in at 14% alcohol, with a pH of 3.5 and 5.3 grams of acidity. 5,680 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2024.

— Luis Gutiérrez (27/02/2025)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2022 - 97 PARKER

The single-vineyard 2020 Quiñón de Valmira was produced with the Garnacha field blend that contains 10% other traditional varieties from the Valmira Vineyard at 616 meters in altitude. It fermented with some full clusters with indigenous yeasts in oak vats and matured in oak foudres and bocoyes for 16 months. It's very spicy, peppery and aromatic, floral, a little à la Vosne-Romanée, with depth and complexity, very chalky, nicely textured, tasty, elegant and long. There is concentration and power, with 13.8% alcohol and a pH of 3.48 and 5.1 grams of acidity (tartaric), yet it's very balanced and elegant too. There are 3,973 bottles, 131 magnums and some large formats. It was bottled in April 2022.

— Luis Gutiérrez (14/07/2022)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2020 - 99 PARKER

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Winemaking

Vinification materialWood
Ageing periodBetween 16 and 20 months
Type of woodFrench oak

Vineyards

SoilLimestone / Ferritic clay
OrientationSoutheast
Surface area3.00 hectares
Altitude615.00 meters

The winery

Bodegas Palacios Remondo

Bodegas Palacios Remondo

The Palacios family boasts an impressive vinicultural tradition that goes back over the last four generations. However, it was José Palacios Remondo who was really responsible for making the winery what it is today, by planting the best possible selection of La Rioja’s traditional grape varieties, and treating viticulture as his true vocation. Showing great vision for the future, he sent his children (now in charge of the company) to be trained at the best French...

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