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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2020	Barra	Pinot Noir Mendocino	A pale ruby in the glass, hedging toward an elegant rouge around the perimeter. Initial aromas include red cherry, cranberry, wild raspberry, vanilla, toasted wood and a hint of forest floor. An uplifted acidity brings those fresh fruits to light on the palate–a palate that presents complementing spices of dried nutmeg and cardamom not initially sensed on the nose. Well balanced with layers of flavors leading to a lingering finish.	Wine Enthusiast	90		2022-10-18
2021	Ocean Road	Sauvignon Blanc	This is a bright, pleasantly fruity SB with notes of peach, watermelon and pineapple, and with just a touch of something greener, like gooseberry. Acidity rushes in straight away on the palate, pulsing until the finish. There’s a slight chalky textural weight adding to the pineapple rind and peach fuzz flavors. Best Buy.	Wine Enthusiast	Best Buy		2022-10-18
2018	Mas d'en Gil	Priorat Bellmunt Vi de Vila	A bright, medium-bodied red, with dried cherry and strawberry fruit enlivened by tangy orange peel acidity. Open-knit and accessible, with light, chalky tannins and aromatic accents of sweet smoke, red licorice, dried sage, toast and espresso crema. Chewy finish. Grenache and Carignan. Drink now through 2027	Wine Spectator	90		2022-10-15
NV	Bailly Lapierre	Cremant de Bourgogne 'Reserve'	Inviting, white floral and softly fruited nose. Delicate but well defined, with green apple, elderflower and peach touches on the palate. Light and elegant style perfect as an aperitif, to catch the nuance and delicacy of flavour – a thirst-quenching, delicious summer fizz. The easiest-drinking in the producer's large and successful range of 12 crémants.	Decanter	92		2022-10-10
2008	Sabaté i Coca	Brut Nature 'Sabaté i Coca Reserva Familiar'	I tasted one of the 2020 magnums of the 2008 Reserva Familiar Brut Nature, a wine I had already tasted in bottle in 2016. It matured in bottle with lees for 153 months (12.5 years!), and the wine has gained complexity and tastiness. It has a feeling of food, chicken broth, and it is nuanced and serious, with amazing freshness. The old Xarel.lo vines and the limestone rich soils deliver very tasty wines with moderate alcohol, superb acidity and freshness and a salty finish. The price is for a magnum.	Wine Advocate	94+		2022-10-05
2021	Mas d'En Gil	Bellmunt Vi de Vila' Blanc	The young and reductive village white 2021 Bellmunt Blanc comes from certified organic vines, a blend of 60% Garnacha Blanca, 30% Macabeo and 10% Viognier. It has 13.5% alcohol and was bottled after six months in barrel. It's tasty and supple, with a salty touch in the finish, integrated oak and very good freshness and balance.	Wine Advocate	92		2022-10-05
2019	Mas d'En Gil	Bellmunt Vi de Vila'	The village red 2019 Bellmunt was produced with 65% Garnacha, 30% Cariñena and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and is very expressive, ripe with 14% alcohol and some herbal notes and very good freshness. The palate is medium-bodied and reveals abundant, fine-grained tannins. Very Priorat.	Wine Advocate	92+		2022-10-05
2018	Mas d'En Gil	Coma Alta'	The characterful, expressive and elegant single-vineyard white 2018 Coma Alta comes from a plot of barely one hectare of Garnacha Blanca that was planted in 2000 on clay and limestone soils and harvested early to keep good acidity. This is fresh and varietal with generous waxy apples, plenty of dried flowers, herbs and smoky and spicy notes from 50% of the volume spending nine months in 500-liter barrels. 3,968 bottles were filled in June 2019.	Wine Advocate	94		2022-10-05
2017	Mas d'En Gil	Coma Blanca Vinyes Velles'	The smoky and ashy 2017 Coma Blanca was produced with a blend of 60% Macabeo and 40% Garnacha Blanca from four plots of old vines on their property, now labeled as Vi de Finca Qualificada, the single-vineyard category from Priorat. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in 500-liter French and Austrian oak barrels for nine months. It's ripe and heady with 15% alcohol, powerful and Mediterranean with pungent flavors and a dry finish. 2,428 bottles were filled in May 2018.	Wine Advocate	94		2022-10-05
2016	Mas d'En Gil	Clos Fontà Vinyes Velles'	Even more impressive than the Coma Vella was the 2016 Clos Fontà, from one of their finest vintages ever. It has the character of the dusty roads from Priorat, the decayed slate and the Mediterranean forest, a polished palate with abundant fine-grained tannins, lively acidity and great balance. This should continue developing in bottle for a long time. This blend of 60% Garnacha and 40% Cariñena produced 7,518 bottles that were filled in May 2018 after maturing in barrel and foudre for 14 months.	Wine Advocate	96		2022-10-05