Giro Ribot a Divinis Brut Nature Reserva 2016

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Giro Ribot a Divinis Brut Nature Reserva 2016.

Giro Ribot a Divinis Brut Nature Reserva 2016
12% alcohol, cork, Cava/Spain.

Only produced in magnum. Made with 90% Chardonnay, 10% Parellada. Aged in bottle for 30 months. There are more Giro Ribot reviews available on the (subscriber) site here.

This is such an elaborate wine. Elaborate, that is, in its flavour profile. It tastes of grapefruit pulp and smoked coconut, pineapple core and strawberry, chalk. It features a dry, stony, tannic finish, where brine and umami notes combine. I wouldn’t necessarily call this classic but I would call it flamboyant, in a good way. It has a seriousness, courtesy of the intensity of flavour, but essentially it’s just plain fun. 93 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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