2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Famille de Boel full-bodied wine

full-bodied wine

Combination of clairin (rum distilled from local sugarcane juice and fermented with wild yeast) sourced from two separate producers

Aging vessel: French Demi-muid for 12 months

York Imperial

Sugar 108 g/l

2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Famille de Boel full-bodied wineThey 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,