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£24.95
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£149.70
Bottle 6 x 75cl 26cs
£107.58
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£195.00
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£26.50
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Bodegas Gramona,
Ready, but will keep,
This cuvée by Cava Gramona celebrates the union of two cava producing families (Batlle and Gramona) in the early twentieth century into Gramona as known today, with specific reference to the historic cellar from where Batlle first started making cava in 1881- the Celler Batlle. Far exceeding the minimum ageing requirement for cava Gran Reservas, this was aged for over 7 years under cork. This paradoxically contributes to the freshness of this cava which underpins the weight of the palate which is all sousbois and savoury notes with hints of praline so giving it an elegant mouthfeel and finish.
Edwin Dublin, Champagne and Sparkling Wine Specialist
Edwin Dublin, Champagne and Sparkling Wine Specialist
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£67.50
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Bodegas Gramona,
Ready, but will keep,
The 2001 Enoteca Gramona Brut Nature Gran Reserva was put in bottle in January 2002 and was disgorged in December 2014, a very long aging time for Cava standards. It's a blend of 75% Xarello and the rest is Macabeo and there is no liqueur d'expédition (Brut Nature). The long aging places the wine in the category of Gran Reserva and the process is kept as traditional as it gets, with the bottles sealed by cork instead of crown stoppers. 1,750 bottles produced. It's a great Cava, but the price seems a bit over the top. The aromas feel more reticent (perhaps the lack of dosage) and you get more balsamic hints and notes of aromatic herbs, mineral touches of camphor and petrol, nuts and bread dough. The palate is quite sharp, with very good acidity, lively with subtle complexity. I prefer this to the 2000. It would be very interesting to see how this wine evolves now that is disgorged, as the wine seems to grown in the glass and get better and better with time.
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate #219, 29th June 2015
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate #219, 29th June 2015
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£160.00
Bottle 1 x 75cl 23cs
£130.47
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Raventos i Blanc,
Ready, but will keep,
The new kid on the block, first produced as a limited cuvée in 2011, is this unusual blend of traditional grapes, with other rarer Mediterranean varieties, 30% Xarello, 20% Xarello Vermell (a clone of Xarello which has a pinkish skin), 20% Sumoll (a red grape), 20% Bastard Negre (apparently Graciano, which I've never heard before), also a red grape, and 10% Parellada; it is a wine with low alcohol and high acidity that provided sharpness. The Xarello and Bastard Negre are planted at the highest altitude in the property on stony soils and produce very low yields, and the Summoll and Parellada were co-planted some 50 years ago, sourced from a local producer from the west of the river banks of the Arnoia River. The wine matured in contact with the lees for some 42 months and no sugar was added to it, so it's a Brut Nature. It's a darker shade of yellow, like a blanc de noirs, and it felt very serious, with a slightly closed nose. It develops more oxidative and lees notes, with smoky aromas and a core of ripe yellow fruit, exuberant and with a nice mouthfeel, very dry and tasty. This is closer to something from Selosse than Larmandier. This is a great addition to the portfolio, a nice complement. 2012 was a very short vintage and they produced 8,132 bottles.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate. 28th October 2016.
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate. 28th October 2016.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
£138.06
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