Clos Bartolomé

Winery: Celler Bartolomé
Region: Priorat

Red Wine

Variety: 50% Garnacha and 50% Samsó

Production
For this wine’s production, the garnacha and samsó varieties were used, collected from vines between 40 and 80 years old. The grapes on the vine are collected by hand and transported in boxes so that they make it to their destination intact, healthy and in optimal conditions for wine production. Vinification was performed at a controlled temperature of 26-28ºC, and the must remained in fermentation vats for fourteen days, the time necessary to create a wine with the proper color level and polyphenol substances.

Aging
Clos Bartolomé was matured in Allier French oak barrels, medium toast in first, second and third year barrels for 12 months.

Production: 9,000 bottles authenticated and numbered by hand

Vine grower: Antonio Rodríguez / Enologist: Josep Valiente

Wine Features
This wine is of an intense cherry red color with purplish overtones in the meniscus, an unequivocal sign of its youth. Its aroma is powerful, fruity (ripened fruits, red berries...), concentrated and mature, with balsamic hints and mineral reminiscences over a background of oak which provides light touches of toasted flavors and high-quality spices.

To the palate, it is strong and meaty, providing the enjoyment of a certain complexity, while remaining pleasant, voluptuous and well-structured. The fruit and the oak in the barrels are finely integrated. Its tannins are fine and mature, and coupled with the subtle notes of spices, it is made a very fine, elegant, enduring wine with an after taste of mature concentrated fruit.

Preservation
The wine is expected to undergo favorable change over the next 3-4 years. Serving temperature: 16-20 Cº.