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Le domaine
Millésime
2017
Alcool
15.0% vol.
Cépage
Garnacha, Miguel de Arco, Bobal, Moristel
Origine
Calatayud

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

The old-vine Garnacha 2017 Clos Baltasar contains small percentages of other grapes like Miguel de Arco, Bobal or Monastrell that are co-planted in the field. 2017 was a warm, ripe, early and low yielding year. The grapes from schist and clay soils in the villages of Atea and Acered, fermented with 75% full clusters in concrete vats and the wine matured in a combination of concrete eggs and 300- and 500-liter French oak barrels. It had a very unusual nose with savory notes redolent of boiled ham, a little brothy, quite expressive à la Rhône (think Cornas rather than anything southern), voluptuous, showy and impressive. There were 22,000 bottles produced and bottled in September 2018.