Clos Martinet 2018 (750ml)

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Producer	Martinet
Country	Spain
Region	Priorat
Varietal	Proprietary Blend
Vintage	2018
Sku	112878
Size	750ml
ABV	13.00%

Martinet Description

ELITE

Winemaker Notes

A beautiful sense of minerality and rocky earth as well as pure black cherry, currants, bouquet garni, and leather emerge. Medium to full-bodied, nicely concentrated, with firm tannins and a great finish.

Critical Acclaim

RP96
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The flagship 2018 Clos Martinet is the wine that started it all and is still a blend of Garnacha (Tinta and Peluda), Syrah, Cariñena, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Monastrell as it was since the beginning but now with a restrained 13.5% alcohol and higher acidity. Clos Martinet is a single five-hectare terraced vineyard planted with clonal material in 1986 on decomposed llicorella slate, iron and big rocks in the soil. The varieties are co-fermented depending on the date picked—at three different ripening times—in two concrete vats and 200-liter oak vats with indigenous yeast and whole clusters. The beginning and end of the élevage was in concrete, and in between they used 2,000- and 4,100-liter oak vats and some 20% in glass demijohn and amphorae. The wine is subtle and a bit shy, insinuating rather than in your face. There is a lot less ripeness than in the past. It's medium-bodied and fluid, fresh and balanced. This is a very elegant Clos Martinet.
WS91
Wine Spectator
This elegant red has suave tannins, with bright cherry, raspberry and orange zest flavors flanked with anise, mountain herb and cedar elements. Charming and complex, with good freshness. Garnacha, Syrah, Carinyena, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2030.