Santbru Blanc 2009 is made from white Grenache 85% and grey Grenache 15%. Manually picked. Ageing in French oak barrels. 2/3 in steel and concrete tanks.
Tasting notes Cristal clear yellow with green tones. Nose: intense floral and delicate fruit aroma (honeysuckle, white pear and peach). Freshness and wooden harmonies. Palate: mineral accents plus citric components.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 90 points(01/05/2011)
The 2009 Santbru Blanc is made from 100% Garnacha Blanca with 33% of the wine aged in barrel. It reveals more mineral notes than the Bruberry along with expressive floral and stone fruit aromas. On the palate it displays lively acidity, good balance, and a lengthy, crisp finish. Drink it over the next 2-3 years.
Peñin Guide: 90 points(01/01/2011)
Bright straw colour. Nose: fruity, ripe fruit and dried herbs aromas. Palate: tasty, fruity, fresh, fleshy.
Pairing: Fish Stew, Omelets, Pasta, Soups and Creams.
Since 2001, in Priorat, near the villages of Bellmunt, el Molar and El LLoar, architect Alfredo Arribas has been developing the Clos de Portal wine project: restoring neglected terraced plots and banks known as 'costers', working with a wide assortment of grape varieties and clones, putting to use... the latest techniques in organic viticulture; all of which are reflected in the cutting-edge winery integrated to the landscape.
In 2003, he and Richard Rofes began the Portal del Montsant winery in the former winery cooperative of Marçà, a building dedicated to winemaking since the start of the previous century.
In 2007, the world famous enologist Stephen Pannell joined the project, bringing his immense creativity.
This new winery in Montsant is notable for its use of traditional varieties: garnatxa and carinyena, above all, which predominates in the south-eastern areas of the Denomination of Origen. The fine, aromatic and elegant wines take their name from the founder of the Carthusian order, present in the Priorat region from 1194 and which helped establish viticulture here.
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