Tim Atkin: Mid-straw/lemon. Nose a little flat and unexpressive. Palate oaky and quite fat, with marked alcohol, not enough acidity, and a bitter, oak-powered finish. You sense that the fruit is good, but it’s been picked too late 12.5
Jesús Barquín: Straw yellow. The nose displays a slight tired note, as of reduction, but the palate grows with good nerve and intensity, persistent, resting on a bitter note. As it opens up with air, the reductive note whiffs off. The palate is consistently good 14.5
Simon Field: Full of color, viscous of temperament, but with a pleasingly restrained nose, not without typical stone-fruit character. The palate is rich and finely woven, its citric fruit personality supported by a mineral bedrock and a peppery backdrop. Fine and subtle, long and rewarding 17.5
Details
Wine expert | Tim Atkin Simon Field Jesús BarquÃn |
Tastings year | 2012 |
Region | Galicia |
Appellation | DO |
Valdesil

