Rene Barbier • Espectacle de Montsant 2021

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Espectacle de Montsant 2021

Rene Barbier

Montsant, Spanien

Wine Advocate, Mai 2024 (Parker/Gutierrez)

99/100

The 2021 Espectacle del Montsant has a bright ruby color and a very perfumed and elegant nose with no signs of excess ripeness, with 14.5% alcohol. As 2021 was a much cooler year, the wine is more elegant than ever (following the cooler years like 2014), textured and with very fine tannins. It has an intoxicating nose of red fruit and blood orange, violets and a spicy twist with pungent flavors and a finish that is dominated by violet pastille and is pungent, intense, clean and very long. It's multi-layered, precise, nuanced and ever-changing in the glass. It has to be one of the most elegant and finest vintages of Espectacle, with the natural freshness from the year. Bravo! There are some 7,500 bottles of this elixir.

There are some changes at Espectacle, as the old generation is retiring and the new one slowly taking over. Christian Barbier is already working in the vineyards.

Drink 2024 - 2036