Villa de Corullón 2020
Descripción
Villa de Corullón es un vino delicado, envolvente y elegante, nacido de las cuestas empinadas del Bierzo, paisaje que combina factores mediterráneos y atlánticos a la vez y que aporta sedosidad, frescura y mineralidad a los vinos. En esta añada exhibe un color más pálido y, a juicio del crítico de The Wine Advocate, Luis Guitérrez, muestra "un perfil diferente", "más delicado, etéreo y lleno de luz y energía" que le hace pensar "en un tinto del Jura".
Ficha técnica
Cata
Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
I was blown away by the 2020 wines in barrel in June 2021 and found the 2020 Villa de Corullón very ready, open, expressive, floral and ethereal. It destroyed the idea I had of a warm and ripe 2020. Ricardo Pérez Palacios told me he was thinking of bottling the 2020s earlier, as they didn't need a long élevage, just nine or 10 months in barrel. The wine is pale, the palest Corullón ever, with 13.7% alcohol—perhaps the vines got blocked and didn't develop more color compounds or sugar. The wine makes me think of a red from Jura; it has a different profile and is more delicate, ethereal and full of light and energy. Pérez, who hates comparisons with other regions, couldn't stop saying that it felt like a Morey Saint Denis! It's all flowers and red fruit, with a lot of super fine tannins (the 2019 tannins are rougher) that are round and give it a velvety texture with no rusticity—elegant and balanced. There is a nice balance between tannin and acidity, something this has in common with the 2019, which makes the vintages quite unusual, because being warm, the wines show balance. Today, it feels more like Moncerbal than the Moncerbal bottling; nevertheless, Corullón is around 40% from Moncerbal. ... It has to be my favorite Corullón to date. 22,183 bottles and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in October 2021.
Slightly reductive at first, then it opens up with a hint of roasted sesame that colors the dark raspberries, strawberries and the tangy profile of white pepper, dried herbs and agave. Really long and vertical on the palate, with very tight and dusty tannins that still need at least a year or two to integrate more. Ethereal and lingering finish. From organically grown grapes. Drink from 2024.
A village wine, made from eight areas within Corullón, from local producers and their own vineyards there. The soil is a construct of chalk, clay, and pre-Cambrian slate. Lightly smoky aromas overlay the brambles and garrigue. The wine is powerful, fresh – darker and certainly more tannic in this vintage. However they add character and structure to the wine, which will develop and soften.
La bodega
Descendientes de J. Palacios
Superficie total de viñedo: 23 ha.
Producción total: 165.000 botellas
Añadas: 2020 2019 2018 2017
Corullón es un icono de la factoría Alvaro Palacios, que representa la gran riqueza del Bierzo, y porque es nuestra Borgoña. Elegante
this wine did not convince us, compared to other mencia wines not our favorite. Maybe needs more time in the bottle. We will wait
Color rojo púrpura.Fruta madura, flores, especias y un toque fresco.En boca hay amplitud,fluidez,buena texturay un taninoqueaparecealfinal
Un vinazo. Un sabor suave y constante. Mi mejor vino del año. Soy fan del Pétalos, pero este es mucho mejor.