Raul Perez, Ultreia Valtuille Vintage:2022 A deft touch of oak

A deft touch of oak frames the cherry and strawberry fruit in this elegant red

Cooler and more elegant if not necessarily more complex aromas of spicy essence of pear and kiwi display lovely layering

mineral- and spice-laced finish

but I imagine it will remain a brute for quite some time beyond that

licorice and sweet spices

Raul Perez, Ultreia Valtuille Vintage:2022 A deft touch of oakThe 2021 Ultreia Valtuille was produced with the clay part of their Villegas plot, as the sandy part was used for the new Ultreia Villegas bottling but introduced the lower part of the vineyard with more soil and more clay. They produced more or less the same amount as in previous years, some 18 barriques; but in 2021, they introduced foudres for part of the wine, and in this first year, the foudre was newer (they used it to ferment a white before).