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

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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