Winery:  Celler Batlliu de Sort                                     

Region:  Catalonia (D.O. Costers del Segre – Subzona Pallars)

Vintage: 2018

Bottle:  75 cl                                                    

Grape Varieties:  100% Pinot Noir.

Type:  Young Red wine with ageing in Stainless Steel

Alcohol Volume:  12.5 %

Serving Temperature:  15º - 17ºC

Production: This is a High-mountain Wine, produced from 100 % Pinot Noir grapes sourced from vineyards located in the Sort-Pallars Sobirà area in the High Pyrenees area, grown on calcareous soils at an altitude of 850 meters above the sea level. Fermentation takes place in 23 Hl. Stainless Steel with frequent pigeage. They apply reductive aging during 10 months in stainless steel vats.

Battliu de Sort is located in the foot of the National Park d’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici in the area of Sort-Pallars Sobirà (High Pyrenees) D.O. Costers del Segre, this is a relatively new project from a group of four close friends with a passion for wine. The vineyards, extending over 6 ha. over gentle hills at an altitude of 900 meters, are ecologically farmed.

Tasting Notes:  Good fruit extract, exhibiting a fresh nose of red fruit, raspberry, loganberry with a touch of sweet spiciness. Bundles of fresh red fruit opens the palate, especially of ripe raspberry flavours, pleasant and direct with an easy-going texture and a nicely velvety finish.

Notes:  Best enjoyed over the next 2 – 3 years.