Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The entry level 2015 Petalos del
Bierzo, their regional wine, in the new official category that will start
working in the appellation from the 2017 vintage, a blend of many different
vineyards planted with field blends, where the breakdown might come to some 5%
white varieties (Valenciana/Doña Blanca, Godello and Palomino/Jerez) and around
1% other reds (Pan y Carne, Negrada and Gran Negro), all from vines ranging
between 40 and 90 years of age on slopes (half of the grapes around the village
of CorullĂłn and the remainder in the rest of Bierzo). It's a showy,
approachable, aromatic and open version of Pétalos, and as I tasted it later on
in the season, it felt more polished and round, with a lush texture. It's
extremely aromatic, in a way similar to the 2012. This is always one of the
best values not only of Bierzo but for the whole of Spain.