Raventos I Blanc, Manuel Raventos Negra Brut

Raventos I Blanc, Manuel Raventos Negra BrutI tasted the 2011 Manuel Ravents Negra from a regular bottle and from a magnum. This is Manuel Ravents Negra's personal selection of the best wines from each given vintage made the way he learned to do it, tasting and blending, and therefore, the wine is different from year to year. In this warm and Mediterranean 2011, it was 100% Xarello from the north facing plot they call Clos, which is cooler and has a slower ripening of the grapes, which results

later developing that seductive marzipan scent that draws you in like a tractor beam

Given its breadth and pure intensity

there is even better density and power to the broad-shouldered flavors that are notably less refined though they are more muscular and particularly so on the robust and borderline rustic finale

626 cases made

cheese making and so on

this one is extremely youthful

palate coating and remarkably rich flavors possess an opulent mouth feel and serious power on the amazingly long and intense finish

as she shares ownership with Alejandro Vigil in the Aleanna winery (also included in this report)

As I said last year

the 2017 Alter Ego de Palmer is deep garnet-purple in color and springs from the glass with vivacious black raspberries

with a small part in stainless steel just to loosen the wine's texture up a bit

(93-96)/2030+