2016 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Leflaive de-stemmed and fermented in stainless

de-stemmed and fermented in stainless steel tanks

The Kyoto Distillery

" Eva Fricke

There’s no fining

2016 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Leflaive de-stemmed and fermented in stainlessThey 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