Art Laieta d’alta Alella Grand Reserva 10 2014

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Art Laieta d’alta Alella Grand Reserva 10 2014.

Art Laieta d’alta Alella Grand Reserva 10 2014
12% alcohol, cork, Penedés, D.O. Cava, Spain.

This was grown organically but then, the land that this was grown on has always been organic; no conversion was necessary. The vineyard is in a national park. It’s Brut Nature.

Chamomile, macadamia and creamed honey. Highly aromatic in the most positive of ways. Yeast notes, earth, brine, pastry and cream. Milk/chamomile characters are pronounced and positively so. Milk coffee notes here too. Long finish. Unique profile. Excellent. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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