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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2016	Sabaté i Coca	Xarel-lo 'Sabaté i Coca Terroja'	2016 was the first of the very dry years. They got 200 liters during the year (they can receive 300 liters and have a good result with the dry-farmed vineyards), so the 2016 Terroja was ripe and seems to be evolving a little faster, more Mediterranean with notes of fennel and licorice, developing some orange peel notes. He picked early to keep the vibrancy, managing a pH of 3.1. This is their oldest vineyard, planted 136 years ago, and they have 60% of the original vines (the rest are replanted and not used for this wine). It has the final salty twist; the wine has not seen oak, but there is a smoky twist from the lees and the soils. 2,400 bottles produced.	Wine Advocate	92		2022-10-05
2015	Sabaté i Coca	Brut Nature 'Sabaté i Coca Josep Coca'	The 2015 Josep Coca Brut Nature comes from a plot planted by the grandfather of Marcel Coca, the current generation and winemaker. It's mostly Xarel.lo with some 15% Macabeo, and it has notes of a longer aging sur lie, with notes of baked brioche and yeasts. The wine fermented and matured in stainless steel and has moderate alcohol, vibrant acidity and freshness (pH 2.93!), with very tasty flavors and a salty twist in the finish. It matured for some 60 months in bottle and was disgorged some eight months ago. It's pure, clean, fresh, elegant and very tasty, with a marine whiff. 21,080 bottles produced. 2015 was the last of the "normal" vintages, with a very healthy and generous crop.	Wine Advocate	93+		2022-10-05
2013	Sabaté i Coca	Brut Nature 'Sabaté i Coca Reserva Familiar'	The jewel of the crown 2013 Reserva Familiar Brut Nature comes from a rainy year (with a total of 590 liters of rain) but with drier conditions from May to August. This is pure Xarel.lo from the same plot as the Terroja still wine, with plants selected from three micro plots planted with 70-year-old vines that deliver low alcohol and very high acidity, which is ideal for the freshness they look for in these sparkling wines. It has a very harmonious and subtle nose. The wines have a very slow oxidation, and there is more freshness than oxidation, which they think comes from the soils. This feels fresher than the 2015 Josep Coca (but 2013 was fresher than 2015 too); this evolves very slowly. There are notes of Mediterranean herbs, aromatic, very faint smoke, hints of silex and gunpowder, and the salty finish is very subtle. It finishes dry (less than one gram of sugar) with a chalky sensation. Serious, elegant and somehow austere. Lovely. This was about to be released when I tasted it at the end of July, and the bottle I tasted was disgorged in November 2021, after some 100 months with lees in bottle.	Wine Advocate	94		2022-10-05
2010	Sabaté i Coca	Xarel-lo 'Sabaté i Coca Terroja'	I tasted the 2010 Terroja in magnum, which showed very fresh and harmonious, still young and lively, and it's impossible to guess its age in the large bottle where the wine develops slowly. 2010 was a cooler year with good rain (between 500 and 600 liters, compared with the 200 liters from the 2016 I tasted next to it), and the wine has finesse, nuance and balance. It has notes of white flowers and fruit, with hints of fennel and aniseed that give freshness. This is very dry and has 12.8% alcohol, a pH of 3.09 and 6.12 grams of acidity. This is serious, dry and with a chalky mouthfeel. It reflects the reductive way of working with no sulfites until bottling. The magnums can go on for a few more years. This was worked organically, but the wines were not certified until 2015. Only 222 magnums produced. The price is for a magnum that is kept for longer and released later.	Wine Advocate	93		2022-10-05
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