Rovellats Masia Segle Gran Reserva 2016

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Rovellats Masia Segle Gran Reserva 2016.

Rovellats Masia Segle Gran Reserva 2016
11.7% alcohol, cork, Penedes/Spain.

Grown organically – as all the wines in the Penedés region now are – and aged on lees for 102 months. Made using 65% Xarel·lo, 25% Macabeu, 5% Parellada and 5% Chardonnay grapes.

Difference lives here. Smoke, tobacco, brine, mezcal notes and dried fruits. Textural in a fine, elegant way and yet with character aplenty. You get aged complexity in a salty, refreshing form here. This is very dry and very good. 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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