Raul Perez Ultreia de Paluezas Bierzo, Spain 2022 shpw fresh flowers and some stems

fresh flowers and some stems

leaving violet inner florals and hints of currant to taper off slowly

The finish is clean and simple with more refined tannins

crisp with truth

this ripe wine is also dense with firm tannins

Raul Perez Ultreia de Paluezas Bierzo, Spain 2022 shpw fresh flowers and some stemsThe Ultreia Paluezas is the bottling that stops Ral Prez in his tracks every vintage and the reason is in the ground. Where almost all of Bierzo sits on slate, this tiny parcel rests on limestone, a rarity that lends the wine a finesse and lift found nowhere else in the range. Perfumed and elegant, it is more Burgundian than Rhne in spirit: floral and red fruited on the nose, velvety on the palate, framed by very fine, chalky tannins. From roughly 0.