2016 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Leflaive a great Loire Valley winemaker

a great Loire Valley winemaker

No fining or filtration

and it undergoes an additional stint in bottle before release—a purposeful delay which allows the variety’s youthful floral aromatics to subside a bit while its signature note of toast begins to emerge

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2016 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Leflaive a great Loire Valley winemakerThey 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. 2016 was a superb vintage in the region, a year of concentration with freshness. 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