Vinya Vuit, Priorat 8 other_regions_italy

Vinya Vuit, Priorat 8 other_regions_italyI suspect 2010 might be the best vintage so far for the serious La Vinya del Vuit, a limited production red for an extremely old vineyard in Priorat produced by a group of eight friends. This is a quite warm vineyard in Gratallops that took very well a vintage like 2010 and shows very good balance between power and freshness, it has concentration while keeping the freshness. It's very earthy, mineral, penetrating and long. A superb classical, Priorat

Flowering was disrupted by rain and cool temperatures

It is medium to full-bodied on the palate

but not overripe peachy fruit on the medium- to full-bodied palate

He is one of us

) I considered leading off my introduction to the 2010 vintage with a quote from Klaus Keller senior

the mouthfeel offers considerable weight

this 2019 reflects the new precision that Frédéric Faye has brought to Figeac

(1994 was the first vintage for this wine and it comes from a mix of 20 and 50 year old vines)

This is one of the best 1985s I have tasted from Sauternes

intense and muscular big-bodied flavors are shaped by ripe tannins that are well-buffered by an abundance of plenty of dry extract before culminating in a balanced

This is a very fine Gevrey villages that should also be approachable young

culminating in a linear finish with life-affirming frisson