2022 Louro de Bolo, Rafael Palacios
A straw colour with youthful highlights. It has intense aromas of citrus fruits, wild mountain flowers, hints of fennel and flinty nuances. On the palate, it is fruit-forward supported by a taut, saline minerality and a textural complexity.
"The 2022 Louro still feels a little reductive and has pungent balsamic notes of bay leaf. It was a very warm year with constant heat and very healthy grapes. It keeps the freshness but still feels the roundness of the year. Most of the grapes were picked before the rain they had in September. It's tasty with a salty twist in the finish... The wines have freshness and saline minerality that often transcend the vintage and even the variety, because of the high altitude of O Bolo and the decomposed sandy granite soils." Luis Gutierrez, The Wine Advocate