Descendientes de Jose Palacios, Corullon Bierzo, 2022 NET the kind that only Conterno

the kind that only Conterno seems able to achieve

with just enough sweetness to balance its rapier-like acidity

warmer sites

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Descendientes de Jose Palacios, Corullon Bierzo, 2022 NET the kind that only Conternolvaro Palacios (of L'Ermita fame) and nephew Ricardo Prez didn't come to Bierzo to follow trendsthey came to preserve ancient vineyards that had been abandoned. Corulln draws from roughly 90 different plots on steep schist and slate hillsides at 500 to 950 meters elevation, many with vines over 100 years old. Ninety three percent Menca farmed biodynamically, harvested by hand and mule. Eight months of barrel aging lets the wine's mineral tension and