Descripción

La Baixada es un tinto del Priorat elaborado por Álvaro Palacios, principalmente con la variedad Garnacha y pequeñas proporciones de Garnacha blanca y Macabeo. En esta añada 2018, las abundantes precipitaciones respecto a otros años en la zona, se prevé que los vinos tengan más acidez y nervio que en años anteriores.

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Álvaro Palacios
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2018
Grado
14.5% vol.
Variedad
Garnacha, Garnacha blanca y Macabeo
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Priorat

Viñedo y elaboración

Clima
Continental con influencia mediterránea. Esta añada fue especialmente lluviosa respecto a las anteriores. Los registros de precipitaciones fueron muy altos en invierno, pero el cénit llegó con la llegada de la primavera. Se regresó a los valores medios de la serie histórica del clima en el Priorat. El verano, con su aumento de temperaturas y lluvias puntuales, fue clave para la maduración de las uvas.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

There is a new single-vineyard bottling, the 2018 La Baixada, which will soon be classified as Vinya Classificada. It's a 1.3-hectare plot in the village of Gratallops planted in costers, very steep slopes on the classic degraded slate (llicorella) soils. The vines are 21 years old now and are located at 300 to 340 meters in altitude. The destemmed and lightly crushed grapes fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts and had 55 days of maceration. The wine matured in oval French oak foudres for 15 months. I asked Álvaro Palacios what justifies another single-vineyard bottling from Gratallops, very close to Dofí, because to be honest, I see that the wine is very similar to Dofí. He said, "In fact, Dofí has part of its vines in three different 'parajes' or zones, one of them La Baixada, part of which is now separated and bottled independently. This was planted with a selection of Garnacha from L'Ermita and Aubaguetes, plants that develop very slowly and deliver very loose bunches of concentrated grapes that keep very good acidity." This is a classic, compact Priorat, with energy and subtleness, with great purity and a bloody, iron-like note. This is a more refined version of Dofí, and it has more finesse than Les Aubaguettes, which is a lot more powerful and more concentrated. 2,800 bottles were filled in April 2020.

James Suckling:

The brightness and beauty to this is so impressive with blackberry, black cherry and crushed slate. Full body and tight, compressed tannins that coat the palate. Very persistent.