Mas Martinet

Clos Martinet, Priorato, 2018

Name: Clos Martinet, Priorato
Brand: Mas Martinet
Price: 383.53 GBP

96/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

96/100

Vinous

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Perhaps the most refined and delicate expression of Clos Martinet we can remember tasting. A vintage of elegance and freshness, the 2018 exudes cool herbal and high toned floral accents with an undercurrent of dark schist, winter berries and a vibrant, intense mouthfeel. Enormous complexity here and yet so finely honed, attractive from the outset but with all the latent energy to age for at least another twenty years. Stunning and delivered with a modest 13% of alcohol.

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Critic Reviews

96/100

Josh Raynolds,

Vinous

Brilliant ruby. A highly perfumed bouquet features fresh red and blue fruits, exotic spices and smoky minerals, and a suave floral topnote builds with air. Stains the palate with sweet, spice-laced black raspberry, cherry cola, star anise and floral pastille flavors braced by a spine of juicy acidity. Shows superb clarity and mineral thrust on the long, floral-dominated finish, which is given shape and grip by fine-grained, polished tannins.

drinking window 2025 - 2035

date of review 03/2021

96/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The flagship 2018 Clos Martinet is the wine that started it all and is still a blend of Garnacha (Tinta and Peluda), Syrah, Carinena, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Monastrell as it was since the beginning but now with a restrained 13.5% alcohol and higher acidity. Clos Martinet is a single five-hectare terraced vineyard planted with clonal material in 1986 on decomposed llicorella slate, iron and big rocks in the soil. The varieties are co-fermented depending on the date pickedat three different ripening timesin two concrete vats and 200-liter oak vats with indigenous yeast and whole clusters. The beginning and end of the elevage was in concrete, and in between they used 2,000- and 4,100-liter oak vats and some 20% in glass demijohn and amphorae. The wine is subtle and a bit shy, insinuating rather than in your face. There is a lot less ripeness than in the past. It's medium-bodied and fluid, fresh and balanced. This is a very elegant Clos Martinet. 11,070 bottles and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in June 2020.

drinking window 2021 - 2029

date of review 12/2020

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.