2022 Michelini i Mufatto, Bierzo "La Petra"

Denne ny vin stammer fra to parceller med mere end 80 år gamle Mencia-stokke i San Lorenzo beliggende på sydvendte skråninger tæt på La Encrucijada i knap 700 m højde. Undergrunden er skifer og kvarts. Vinificeret med spontagæring og brug af 50% hele klaser i 1000 liters egetræsfade inden lagring i 12 måneder i brugte 225-liters franske egetræsfade. Denne prægtige nyhed viser en superb floral næse med violer, urter, våde sten, hyldebær, brombær, middelhavets urter og kirsebær. Smagen er ægte Michelini med silkepoleret frugtighed, køligt krydderi og intens knasende mineralitet, som får mundhulen til at vibrerere. Poleret og raffineret, harmonisk og præcis, slutter den med smukt fokus og Michelini-signaturen af friskhed. Uhyre spændende nyhed. (-2033+ ) ****

95+ points Robert Parker Wine Advocate: "The 2022 La Petra is a new single-vineyard wine that comes from two adjacent plots but is still not qualified as single-vineyard wine and instead is sold as generic Bierzo (but will be sold as "paraje" in future vintages). It's from a place on slate and quartz soils in the village of San Lorenzo that is planted with 80-year-old vines on the south-facing side of La Encrucijada. It fermented with 50% full clusters and 50% destemmed grapes in 1,000-liter oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in used 225-liter French oak barrels for one year. It's floral and perfumed but with an austere stoniness and a rocky sensation in the palate, with a fine thread, textured, with fine tannins. It has 13% alcohol and is balanced and clean. It has more freshness and less sensation of ripeness as it's higher in altitude (some 680 meters) even if it has a south-facing exposition. This is delicious, complex and elegant. A great debut! 2,000 bottles were filled in February 2024."