distilled herbal essences

focused and solidly persistent finale

This is unusually powerful compared to what is typical for Echézeaux though it is not particularly complex but the underlying material is here such that it is reasonable that more will develop and my rating assumes that it will

pressed and vinified separately

Chardonnay is from Cramant

Descendientes Jose Palacios, Las Lamas Vintage:2019 distilled herbal essencesI love the bottled 2022 Las Lamas, from the 1. 6 hectares of vines in seven plots that are all together since they bought the last plot in 2017. Las Lamas behaves better in dry conditions, as it has more clay in the slate soils and retains water better. It was produced with 92% Menca and up to 8% of white grapes, and the wine shows perfumed, elegant and balanced. It fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts and 49 days of maceration and matured in