Marco Abella, Priorat "Roca Roja" Single Vineyard Red 2018 Clairette

Marco Abella, Priorat "Roca Roja" Single Vineyard Red 2018 Clairette100% Garnacha, aged 18 months in French Oak Barrels and 3 months in amphora. Deep magenta. Complex aromas of cranberries, strawberries, rosemary, caramel, candied orange. Full bodiedwith dark notes of plum, cassis and blueberries. Complex, mineral, fresh with great length on the palate and silky tannins. This single vineyard wine is created at the highest elevation (650 700 metres) of Marco Abella estate vineyard named La Mallola where the Llevant

but for my money

40% Merlot

a winemaker in Bordeaux

The red wine of Chateau Monbousquet is aged in 60% new

Enters the mouth with great breadth

aging in 50% new French oak barriques

It can surely age for 20 more years

of which 50% are brand new

But the ripeness here is clearly different

It's subtle

natural fermentation at low temperature

Château Belle-Vue is located in the surroundings of Macau