2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Mauro Veglio and 25-year-old French Cognac barrels

and 25-year-old French Cognac barrels (that come from France with traces of Cognac still remaining in the pores of the wooden staves)

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

perfectly round and charming on the palate

While fully distilling botanicals for the Crème de Menthe is costly

The vineyard lies on a west-facing slope at an elevation of approximately 250m in soil comprised of clay and schist

2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Mauro Veglio and 25-year-old French Cognac barrelsThey 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,