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16¾/20
La Vinyeta Puntiapart 2011
Alt Emporda, Empordà, Ampurdain-Costa Brava, Catalunya (Catalonia Cataluña), SpainPuntiapart 11 is the big boy red at La Vinyeta led by its 85/15 of powerful cabernet sauvignon and samsó that spends 13 months in in new French, Hungarian and Romanian oak casks. This wine takes its name from Punt i Apart (a new paragraph), it is the end of a cycle. It contains fruit from some of the oldest vines at Mollet de Peralada in Empordà. The cabernet is 30-years old the samsó has been in the ground 100 years. There is terrific elegance here despite the 14.5 per cent alcohol. Rich warm mouth-filling but the fruit is both balanced and nuance, Coffee and chocolate spike the flavours of this medium to dark red fruit flavoured wine with fine-grained, well managed tannins. Puntiapart spends 13 months in new French, Hungarian and Romanian oak. Lamb and beef would work well now but you should probably lay this away for another five years.Tasted: 26 January 2014Tasted by: Anthony Gismondi and Stuart TobePrices:| Spain | $12.00 | 750ml | srp Euros |
| US | $35.00 | 750ml | srp |
