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I'm down to just 10 packages... since you bought the 2017, but haven't gotten the even better 2018s, I wanted to give you last dibs... Now, here's the deal... you can buy them in any mix you would like. (Note the Vitoriana saw a little price increase thanks to the rating.) But I had to buy them in a package. I was able to secure 3x of the Vitoriana per each of the others, But I would rather not drink the others all myself! (Although I could if I had to!).
I'm offering a package... Three Vitoriana and 1 each of the others... as is, that would be $224.94...
Buy as a package and I'll make it a smooth $199.99, just $33.33 per bottle!
Reply to order. And you don't have to buy the package... I'm just sweetening the deal on that... If you want to order individually, go right ahead!
Raul Perez La Vizcaina La Vitoriana 2018 – Sale $39.99 – 97 pts Wine Advocate – Raul says this is his most consistent vineyard – and the only one that he owns in its entirety. He dubs it “the half pipe” – as in snowboarding – due to the vineyard’s unique shape and both northern and southern exposures. This double exposure results in a unique yin and yang to the wine – ripe fruit along with bright acidity. This is accentuated by a mixture of sandy and clay soils. Day in, day out, this baby is exactly what you want it to be! “This 2018 La Vizcaína La Vitoriana includes vines that were replanted in 2014/2015 with Bastardo (Merenzao or Trousseau), so the wine is more aromatic, more ethereal, perfumed and elegant, really impressive. This is the most aromatic and impressive; there is a conjunction of everything, the north-facing vineyards. It has impressive depth and expressiveness; it's wild but refined, explosive and more Burgundian than any of the la Vizcaína wines. This has character and attitude, light, power, energy, freshness and symmetry; it has a fine thread, lace-like, really impressive. In my head, Tom Jones started singing his famous song "Sex bomb, sex bomb..." This is an incredible wine at an incredible price point." WA
Raul Perez La Vizcaina La Poulosa 2018 - Sale $34.99 - 93 pts Wine Advocate - Clay soil means big expression, but compared with Rapolao, Poulosa is 100 meters lower in altitude, as well as east facing. Additionally, river stones help radiate the heat from the sun. The result is the ripest fruit on a consistent basis. “La Poulosa is quite regular and ripe, with notes of prunes, and even though there is more freshness in 2018, the 2018 La Vizcaína La Poulosa shows closer to the 2017, keeping the profile of the vineyard, which is very strong. In fact, there is only half a degree difference in alcohol between this 2018 and the 2017. There is more fruit here, and it's juicy and approachable, with integrated oak (they started replacing the 225-liter oak barrels with 500-liter ones), more freshness and a livelier palate. The tannins are round, with no edges, despite the fact that all the La Vizcaína range ferments with 100% full clusters." WA
Raul Perez La Vizcaina Las Gundinas 2018 - Sale $34.99 - 95 pts Wine Advocate - Similar to the Poulosa... also east-facing, and even lower in altitude, the rains are often blocked by the western hills, making this the driest of vineyards. From vines planted in 1910 - 30 years before Poulosa - and in soil with a proportion of limestone, the result is a bit more nuanced and complex. “La Gundiñas is the wine that shows the most differences between 2017 and 2018, when the 2018 La Vizcaína Las Gundiñas feels like a mini-Bonnes Mares! This happened in 2013, and this 2018 is like a refined version. This vineyard was somewhat irregular in the past, but they bought it in 2018; now that they work the vineyard and have 100% control, it might be more regular. There have been ups and downs with this wine over the years, and this 2018 is clearly one of the ups. The other highlight was 2013. This wine is the palest of the 2018s. It's from a vineyard that perhaps has a bit more white Valenciana grapes. This is super elegant, a rara avis. Bravo!" WA
Raul Perez La Vizcaina El Rapolao 2018 – Sale $34.99 - 95+ pts Wine Advocate – Yes, Raul now makes an Ultreia wine from this vineyard. Here, he blends a parcel planted in 1920 with one from 1980. Like the Ultreia offering, the combination of clay soil and northern exposure make for a cooler climate and a more piercing style. Raul says El Rapolao is “the one that talks back the most, but you have a soft spot for.” As Raul has said, this is the most reserved right now, but might have the most potential. "There is a bit of an animal hint on the nose of the 2018 La Vizcaína El Rapolao, which Raúl Pérez tells me is always part of the character of the wine when it's young. The difference with the 2017 is the quality of the tannins, which rounder and more elegant here, and the concentration, which is lower here, so this 2018 comes through as more fluid, fresh and elegant, with a silkier mouthfeel. They finally bought the vineyard in 2018, and the change in viticulture resulted in lower yields: they produced 6,000 bottles of this 2018, compared with the 10,000 bottles of the 2017. They have bought three more plots for this bottling, so volumes will grow in the future. The initial sensation fades after the wine has been in bottle for one hour, and it makes sense that it's gong to disappear with some more time in bottle. Pérez thinks it might be related to the recent bottling." WA
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