Vall Llach (2004)

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Vinee Beschreibung und Bewertung

93+/100 PP

'The 2004 Vall Llach is the flagship wine of the estate. Produced from estate old-vine fruit consisting of 65% Carinena, 20% Merlot, and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine was aged for 16 months in new French oak. Purple-colored, the nose offers scents of pain grille, fresh herbs, mineral, spice box, and blackberry liqueur. On the palate the wine is backward and unyielding. Full-bodied (15.5% alcohol), and packed, there is plenty of ripe tannins and excellent balance but purchasers of this wine will require patience. The 2004 Vall Llach will need a minimum of a decade of cellaring to blossom. It should easily last for several decades but will it ever be fun to drink? If I were young and a gambler, I´d lay away a handful of bottles and roll the dice later in life.'
(Jay S. Miller, robertparker.com)

'The beginning of months of 2004 were quite cold and provoked an important delay in the beginning of the vegetative cycle of the vines. The rains that fell during budding helped recuperate the plants, and conditions for the growth and maturation of the clusters were excellent: plenty of sun and heat, with stark temperature contrasts during night and day. A dry and windy September set up the perfect conditions for harvest, which took place between the beginning of October and end of November. The grapes of this vintage can be characterized by their excellent equilibrium of great phenolic maturation, high aromatic intensity and potent tannic structure.'
(Cellar Vall Llach)