Desciendentes de Jose Palacios Petalos de Bierzo 2021 [WA 93+]

This wine was launched into the limelight when Wine Advocate nominated the 2011 as Spain's best value wine. Since then it has continuously been keenly sought after by smart wine buyers all over the world.

92% Mencía, 5% Other red varieties, 3% Other White varieties.

Wine Advocate 93+ Points 

2021 is clearly the finest vintage of the trio of 2020, 2021 and 2022, and the bottled 2021 Pétalos delivers what the unbottled samples promised: a wine with lower alcohol than ever (13.5%), lighter, a little narrower but with the juiciness of Mencía that seems to come back after some time in bottle. It has lots of notes of aromatic herbs, with some similar aromas to the La Faraona. It's quite expressive and showy, very pleasant and easy to drink, very gourmand, with a velvety mouthfeel and very fine tannins. 320,000 bottles and 2,567 magnums produced. It was bottled between November 2022 and March 2023. Approachable now, very hedonistic. LG August 2023.