Abadia Retuerta - Cuvee El Palomar Sardon De Duero 1996 (750ml)
Price: $50.00
| Producer | Abadia Retuerta |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Sardon Del Duero |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Sku | 165310 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
The first vintage of this red blend the 1996 Cuvee El Palomar has a complex nose of iodine brick dust soy sauce and underbrush reaching the limit of its life but staying in a plateau holding onto the acidity. It has a beautiful and captivating nose at times reminding me of an aged Burgundy more than a Bordeaux. It's sleek elegant and polished. This was always an elegant red produced with a 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo from vines planted in 1991. It matured in French oak barrels for 18 months and has 13.5% alcohol. It was bottled in June 1998. There are 215 bottles in this release of historical vintages. Abadía Retuerta is also working on getting their vineyards and wines the organic certification which reflects their environmentally minded approach. They have 193 hectares of vineyards and they only vinify their own grapes. Average production is 600000 bottles. They are releasing limited quantities of back vintages taken from their library going back to the initial 1996 vintage. Published: Jun 13 2024
