René Barbier & Sara Pérez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos Priorat 2013

“They are keeping the red wines to sell them later, so the current vintage of the red is the 2013 Gratallops Vi de Vila Partida Bellvisos. It's a wine with lots of tension and comes from the first year with some rain after two year with no rain. 2013 is concentrated because yields were small and the wines are tight. They started using an 1,800-liter Stockinger vat, where they age this red (and the surplus is kept in demijohn), and the oaking is very subtle. This has a lot of character, great acidity and fine minerality, with a clean, very focused finish. It's still young but approachable and should develop nicely in bottle. Truly phenomenal.”
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