Pago de Vallegarcia Petit Hipperia, Castilla, Spain

加西亞谷帕果小伊比利亞紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：19834

The peppery and herbal red 2021 Petit Hipperia was produced with a blend of about one-third Merlot, one-third Cabernet Franc and the rest a combination of Petit Verdot, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon. It has a heady Bordeaux profile with the Mediterranean twist of some aromatic herbs and a heady 15% alcohol that makes it very showy. It finishes with a long taste of freshly cracked black peppercorns. 32,821 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2023.

The 2020 Petit Hipperia is a blend of 35% Cabernet Franc, 34% Syrah, 24% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon; the blend is different each year, but this it's time very different. It's ripe and heady at 15.5% alcohol, with toasted and spicy peppery flavors on the palate. 35,238 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2022.

The 2019 Petit Hipperia is a blend of 28% Syrah, 22% Cabernet Franc, 20% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 15% Petit Verdot with 15.31% alcohol and a peachy nose. It's perfumed, ripe and juicy, with berry fruit, decayed flowers and a spicy twist on the palate from the 12 months it spent in French oak barrels. 47,416 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021.

2018 was a cooler year with wines that have less alcohol and more freshness. I tasted two vintages of most wines, including the entry-level red 2018 Petit Hipperia and the 2017 from a very different year. This is a round, lush and heady Bordeaux-style red blend of 39% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Petit Verdot and 6% Syrah with a Mediterranean touch of aromatic herbs. It's ripe and round, generous but showing balance through extra freshness. This is clean, ripe and unashamedly modern. 48,300 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2020.

2017 was a warm, early and low-yielding, difficult year in which much work was done on the grape selection and the production. The blend of the 2017 Petit Hipperia is quite different from other years—43% Syrah, 20% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc—to adapt to the more Mediterranean style of the year. With a majority of Syrah, which adapts better to warmer years, this is less influenced by the pyrazines of the Bordeaux varieties. It has a medium to full body, abundant tannins and sweet fruit, more polished and advanced than the 2018. 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2019.