{"product_id":"alvaro-palacios-quinon-de-valmira-2018-750ml","title":"Álvaro Palacios Quiñon de Valmira 2018 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eAfter studying Oenology in Bordeaux, and a stint at Chateau Petrus, Alvaro Palcios travelled his native Spain searching for the right spot to produce wine. He settled on Priorat and acquired his first vineyard -Finca Dofi - in 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: unset; display: inline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; display: inline;\"\u003eÁlvaro hit the top range with the 2018 Quiñón de Valmira, which scored an all-time high of 98 points, placing it as Wine Advocate’s 4th highest scoring 2018 Rioja. The 2018 oozes class, production has grown since 2014, but is still on a tiny scale, just 4,400 bottles were made in 2018.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: unset; display: inline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; display: inline;\"\u003e98Wine Advocate \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eThe 2018 Quiñón de Valmira is the only wine produced under Álvaro's personal label and sold through different channels than the rest of wines produced at the Palacios Remondo winery in Alfaro. 2018 is one of the best vintages in the zone in recent times. In 2018, they used some 30% full clusters that were foot trodden for the natural fermentation in oak vats with punch-downs and a maceration of 66 days. It went through malolactic in oak barriques and matured in oak foudres and bocoyes for 18 months. It's pale, translucent and quite light, ethereal, perfumed and floral, citrus notes (peel) with class and elegance, and it has fresh and crunchy flavors of pomegranate and watermelon that make you salivate. There are tons of spring flowers and aromatic herbs, like walking in the countryside on a warm spring day. It has an intoxicating nose, and the mouthfeel is delicate with incredible inner strength. This has to be the finest vintage of Quiñón de Valmira to date. 4,400 bottles were filled in April 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eDrinking Window: 2020 - 2030\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eReviewer Name: Luis Gutiérrez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"box-sizing: unset; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; line-height: 20px; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"\u003eReview Date: 30th October 2020\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Álvaro Palacios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43265057718496,"sku":"112317","price":429.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/thumbme_11f3f078-4131-47a1-a512-8d88e9ffa563.jpg?v=1663882887","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/alvaro-palacios-quinon-de-valmira-2018-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}