2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Mauro Veglio and 25-year-old French Cognac barrels

and 25-year-old French Cognac barrels (that come from France with traces of Cognac still remaining in the pores of the wooden staves)

The vineyard lies on a west-facing slope at an elevation of approximately 250m in soil comprised of clay and schist

Grolleau and Pineau d’Aunis are planted

While fully distilling botanicals for the Crème de Menthe is costly

What results is the telltale Il Sasso tenison

2018 Rene Barbier-Sara Perez Gratallops Partida Bellvisos, Priorat DOCa, Spain Mauro Veglio and 25-year-old French Cognac barrelsThey 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. 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 very serious, a little austere, with the stony minerality from the slate soils,