Guía Peñin (96/100)
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R. Parker (93/100)
There's more ripeness and volume in the 2019 Lumière, and compared with the 2018 that I tasted next to it, the wine suffered in comparison. 2019 was a year of concentration and high ripeness, and the wine achieved 13.5% alcohol (a full 1% more than the 2018), while it also has a lower pH and higher acidity, so the wine still comes through as balanced, but the point of balance is different. All the Palomino wines have certain varietal character, which seems stronger in the 2019s. Or to put it differently, the 2018s were more transparent with the soils; the soils came through more clearly.