Product Description:
Masies d'Avinyo Abadal Seleccio 2003
By Robert Parker
2003 Masies d'Avinyo Abadal Seleccio
A Proprietary Blend Dry Red Table wine from Pla de Bages,Spain
Review by Jay Miller
Wine Advocate # 169 (Feb 2007)
Rating: 94
Drink 2007 - 2017
The 2003 Abadal Seleccio is composed of 40% Cabernet Franc,
40% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Syrah aged 14 months in French oak and bottled
unfiltered. Deep purple in color, the wine has a hugely expressive nose of
spice box, herbs, black currants, and blackberry reminiscent of a top-level
Saint-Emilion. The flavors already are complex as well as rich, the texture
velvety, and the balance impeccable. This elegant wine can be enjoyed now but
should last for at least another 10 years. Importer: Aurelio Cabestrero, Grapes
of Spain, Lorton, VA; tel. 571.642.0343 fax 571.642.0505
By grapesofspain.com
Wine Detail
Abadal Seleccio 2003
Region: Pla de Bages D.O.
Winery: MASIES D’AVINYO (ABADAL), BODEGAS
Grapes: 40% Cabernet Franc, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Syrah
Vintage: 2003
Color: Red
Abadal Seleccio is an ambitious project that forms the
backbone of the viticultural and oenological research taking place at Bodegas
Masies D’Avinyo. It is based on three basic principles: balance between vine
production and resource availability, intensive green pruning operations and
reduced production with the aim of smaller berries, and finally, selective
harvesting.
Hand harvesting assures that the grapes are optimally ripe. Grapes are
destemmed and fermented separately in stainless steel followed by aging for 14
months in fine–grained French oak barrels. Unfiltered.
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