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Vall Llach - Embruix 2022

Producer
Vall Llach
Blend
8% Cabernet Sauvignon
18% Carinena
27% Garnacha
26% Merlot
21% Syrah
Country
Spain
Region
Catalunya
Appellation
Priorat
UPC
877397001039
Red Wine
Verified Stock
97250-22
Product Ratings
Vinous Media 91pt

The 2022 Embruix blends Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Carinena and Garnatxa from the winery's young vineyards. The nose features ripe fruit aromas, with mild cherry and sour cherry notes. Dry and compact, it has reactive tannins and a taut mouthfeel, giving the wine an intense character. This is an accessible and affordable expression of Priorat.

by Vinous Media, 2024
Wine Advocate 91+pt

The red 2022 Embruix was produced with 28% Merlot, 27% Garnacha, 21% Carinena, 12% Syrah and 12% Cabernet Sauvignon from the younger vineyards. This represents the entry-level. It has notes of sweet spices and cocoa, with ripe fruit (it has 15% alcohol) but a low pH (3-1) and good acidity; so, it comes through as balanced and characterful, with very fine tannins and a velvety mouthfeel, with integrated oak. It matured in third- and fourth-use 300-liter barrels for 12 to 13 months. They bottled a first lot of 13,000 bottles in March 2024, and two more lots are pending.

by Wine Advocate, 2024

Description

Sourced from estate-owned 7- to 25-years-old vines, Vall Llach’s Embruix (pronounced Embroosh), means “bewitching” in Catalan and the name, along with the symbol of a full moon on the wine’s label, is testament to the winery’s interesting biodynamic winemaking. Deep cherry red in color with a garnet rim, this wine contains soft aromas of black plumbs, cherry liqueur, freshly milled spice (including clove and black pepper), intertwined with earthy mineral notes. Intense and concentrated for an entry-level Priorat, the Embruix de Vall Llach has well-integrated acidity, round tannins and great structure, assuring this wine will age well for many years.

Estate

The magnificent century-old estate vineyards boast 60 to 90-year-old Cariñena and Garnacha vines as well as newer plantings of Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah that add complexity to Vall Llach’s range of widely acclaimed wines. Priorat’s notoriously stingy llicorella (fractured black slate) hillsides produce extremely low yields of intensely flavored grapes. On average, it takes fruit from 2 to 8 old vines to make a single bottle of Vall Llach Mas de la Rosa.