2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Mauro Veglio perfectly round and charming on

perfectly round and charming on the palate

This is a true “brut zero” and never receives a dosage

Pretty and elegant

While fully distilling botanicals for the Crème de Menthe is costly

and they also own plots in famous sites as Kestener Paulinshofberg

2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Mauro Veglio perfectly round and charming onThey keep some of the wines to be released much later, like the 2016 Gratallops Vi de Vila Partida Bellvisos; meanwhile, many are already selling their 2020s. This comes from a zone that is more protected from the sun, from a place close to Torroja. This is still tight and young, fermented with 30% to 40% full clusters and matured in an 1,800 liter oak foudre. This is very serious, a little austere, with the stony minerality from the slate soils,