Type | Red wine |
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Region | |
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Producer | |
Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Alcohol contenti | 15.5% |
Production | 13,000 bottles |
D'Iatra Gratallops Vi de Vila
2018£32.45
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Spec sheet
The wine
D'Iatra is the Gratallops Vi de Vila (Town Wine) made by the Ripoll family's Cal Batllet, a winery which has made a clear commitment to terroir wine and to a sustainable viticulture that allows expression of the soils' singularity. To reinforce that identity, in 2009 the winery decided to go one step further in its support for terroir wine and began to produce its earlier Closa Batllet and Petit Batllet as 'Vins de Vila'.
The Gratallops sub-zone is characterised by a warmth that is generally a few degrees higher than that of the other sub-zones. That's why what most surprised us to start off with when tasting this wine was its great freshness and how easy it was to drink. A suggestion: decant it and don't be alarmed when you see its high alcohol content, as you won't notice it, though you ought to bear it in mind before finishing the bottle, as it is so easily drinkable!
It has the innocence, liveliness and vigour of the young chap on the label, the little Artai. It's a wine full of fruit, cherries, plums, blackberries..., ripe fruits with a hint of liquorice enveloped in a tremendous, and surprising, freshness. The sweetness of the fruit and some chocolatey notes prove perfectly balanced and accompanied by mild menthol notes and some very obvious balsamic touches; there is minerality from certain typically Priorat earthy notes, abounding especially on the palate, and not lacking too are the warm notes of dry herbs from the countryside surrounding the vineyards; the smell is like taking a breath of fresh mountain air.
On the palate, Artai is pleasant, fresh, with very obvious acidity, and fruit-forward, with certainly black fruit, blackberries, and the warmth again in the background. It is a polished Priorat, very well-made, with sinew but with balance too. It is fairly immediate, yet we would recommend decanting it to release all its energy.
What does this wine taste like?
View | Picota cherry red / Opaque / Violet rim |
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Bouquet | Aromatic / Complex / Ripe black fruit / Red fruit jam / Balsamic aromas / Mineral |
Mouth | Fresh / Powerful / Velvety tannins / Rounded / Balanced |
Drinking and storing
Food pairing
Cannelloni / Venison stew / Game birds / Roast suckling pig / Rice dishes / Sweet and sour chicken / Peppercorn steak / Brownie
Customer reviews
Nice powerful and fruity
It is a Very harmonic priorat with a very powerful and spicy palate. Nice and not too heavy tannins with a good balance to the fruit.
Full bodied red wine
We first tasted this wine on holiday in Barcelona. We liked it so much we now buy a case or two from Vinissimus occasionally.
Lovely
Really good, strong red. Would definitely buy again.
Hervorragend!
Ein hervorragender Wein: vollmundig, schön eingebettete, leichte Säure, intensiv im Geschmack nach Pflaumen, dunklen Beeren und Zimt, mit leichten Vanillenoten und einem wunderbaren Abgang. Rundum gelungen und noch immer jedes Mal ein Hochgenuss.
Ausdrucksstarke Identität, die in Erinnerung bleibt
Nennt man als Winzer einen seiner Weine stolz nach seinem Erstgeborenen und kämpft auch noch kreativ um dessen Namen auf dem Etikett, entsteht daraus wohl eine besondere Leidenschaft für diesen Wein. Der D´iatra verkörpert diese Leidenschaft. Er verändert und entwickelt sich von Jahr zu Jahr, wird vielschichtiger und komplexer, und weiß durch die zunehmende Besinnung auf einheimische Rebsorten mehr und mehr über das Priorat und von dem Terroir in Gratallops zu erzählen. Dieser Wein ist authentisch, er ist ehrlich, er ist ein Vi de la Vila im besten Sinne des Wortes und ein besonders gelungener Vertreter dieses Gedankens. Im Glas ein wunderbar dunkles Kirschrot; ein sich öffnendes Bouquet aus würzigen Kräutern und zarten Blüten; kräftig am Gaumen, reife dunkle Beeren, Balsamico, etwas Süßholz, Mineralik und Säure gut ausbalanciert, kantige Gerbstoffe, Würze und Pfeffer vor einem sehr lebendigem Nachklang. Ein Wein mit sehr ausdrucksstarker Identität, die in Erinnerung bleibt. Tolles Preis-Genuss-Verhältnis.
Winemaking
Ageing period | 14 months |
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Barrel age | Mostly new |
Type of wood | French oak |
Vineyards
Vine age | Between 10 and 40 years |
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Soil | Llicorella |
Climate | Mediterranean |
Yields | Low yields |
Orientation | Southwest |
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