Paixer kåret som Wine Producer of the Year
Mariano Garcia, manden bag vine som f.eks. Vega Secilia, Aalto og Mauro, så allerede i halvfemserne området Bierzos enorme potentiale. I tide købte han områdets bedste marker og byggede et mindre custom-made-vineri til brug for produktionen af hans nye store vin: Paixar - som havde potentiale til at blive et af Spaniens hotteste navne. Potentialet er for længst opnået, og er idag en stor vin, hvor der virkeligt er tale om håndlavet kram for kendere.
Bodegas Paixar - Wine Producer of the Year 2011
Michael Franz fra WineReviewOnline.com, har udnævnt Paixar som 'Wine Producer of the Year 2011', og fremhæver vinens balance, florale aromaer, raffineret brug af træ, mineral klarhed og evne til at gemmes og modnes.
Michael Franz uddyber yderligere: "The remote region of Bierzo is tucked up in the mountains in the northeastern corner of Castilla y León, and few places are making genuinely great wine anywhere near this far from the beaten path. Bierzo remains nearly as obscure as its top indigenous variety, Mencia, but the best Bierzo renditions of this grape are the most exciting wines now being made in Spain. In my opinion, the best of the best is Paixar, a wine springing from a joint venture between Alejandro Luna and Eduardo and Alberto Garcia (sons of Mariano Garcia, famous for his work at Vega Sicilia and his wines from Bodegas Mauro, Maurodos, and Aalto). Paixar is an expensive wine, but it is also stunningly intricate and harmonious, and early vintages such as the 2001 are still developing, with no sign of getting anything but better for another decade."
"The most recent release of Paixar is the 2008 ($100, imported by Grapes of Spain), and even at this young age it is remarkably complex, which is in turn attributable to its outstanding proportionality: No particular element overshadows the others. The wine shows subtle floral aromas akin to those one might find in Barbaresco or Côte-Rôtie, followed by fruit notes that run red as well as black, recalling cherries, plums and blackberries. Oak influence is apparent but subtle, with toasty, spicy notes and a bit of grip from wood tannin in the finish, but the fruit easily counterbalances the oak. As if this were not enough, the wine shows an almost palpable minerality recalling wet slate and graphite. Finally, its texture is almost as interesting as its aromas and flavors, seeming soft thanks to the ripeness of the fruit, but also focused on account of ample acidity and very fine-grained tannin. It is in a league with the world’s very best red wines, and in that context it remains very fairly priced--for the moment. The word is getting out on these great wines, and the day will come before long when they fetch prices much higher than those we’re seeing today."
