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Gratavinum – Silvestris 2018

by Simon J Woolf

Simon J Woolf 12/11/2020   

Gratavinum - Silvestris 2018
Producer: Gratavinum
Wine name: Silvestris
year: 2018
Classification: Priorat
Varieties: Carignan, Syrah
country: Spain
region: Priorat
style: Red
certification: Biodynamic
ABV: 14.0

Super ripe, with some meaty, animal notes and a hint of iodine and iron. Big and concentrated, but with Carignan’s trademark sour twang and funkiness. A bit smoky and dusty as it opens up to the finish, but overall a great wine showing lots of regional and varietal typicity.

85% Carignan and 15% Syrah. Fermented in steel, aged in used oak, amphorae & demijohns.

This winery is owned by the same family as Pares Balta in Penedes, and operates under the same ethics – biodynamic viticulture, low intervention in the winery.

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