2019 Oriol Artigas Alella La Bella

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94 Points

Tuesday, February 23, 2021 - 12% abv, bottle number 853 of 2667. $58

NOSE/MOUTH: Towering acoustic bouquet with loose strands of almonds, citron, peppermint, and chipped granite. Amazing movement; not so much and object of aroma and taste as slowly enacted texture. When the fabric rests, I notice significant, tempered, smells and tastes–and too many of them to itemize. There is no discontinuity. So where does this impressive degree of articulation come from? It's a lens of flavor. Tannins are pristine and chalky. Savory, meaty minerals. Ripe apricots cured in fleur de sel. Stone ivy mints. Crispy chicken skins. Bitter, charred bones.

“𝘓𝘢 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘪𝘴 100% 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘥’𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥-𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 2 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 10 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘖₂.” –José Pastor Selections

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