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

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 a respected 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 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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