Joan Escoda

GarnachaMazueloSumoll tinto.

El BulliFerran Centelles:

Robert Parker’s rating: 91 points
2007 Les Paradete

Organic, Biodynamic, Sustainable farming, The farm is highly sustainable and energy saving, the use of green manures to reduce waste that’s harmful to the environment. Animal such as horses, cows and poultry running around and “doing their bit” to meet his organic compost needs’ in house. Joan Escoda (The owner and winemaker) works directly on the vineyard to keep it as natural and sustainable as possible, he has devoted a significant part of time to use biodynamic farming, which tends to show some unique characteristics from the soil. No chemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or genetically modified organisms are used. Unfined and Unfiltered to preserve the natural characteristics of the wine. Not Using sulfur dioxide (SO2) which may cause headaches, migraines and hangovers to some consumers when exceed a certain level.

Country of Origin:
Spain

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Grape Varieties:
Garnacha, Mazuelo, Sumoll tinto

Vinification:
Only fermented from natural yeast, so no commercial yeast or any other product to speed or encourage the alcoholic fermentation. Some consumers found out that the wine’s life span will last longer.

Tasting Notes:

It’s a fresh wine with Mediterranean character; highlighted with the forest fruits aroma over integrated oaky aromas. A wine with personality and aging potential.

Ferran Centelles, Sommelier of “El Bulli”:
“This wine meet us with a frontal and a succulent tannin, becomes round and voluminous but so fresh. I liked because show yours nasal’s complexity and after that appears the terroir, a bit of metallic …mentholated. Got a sliping tannin with an fantastic ending bouquet. Delicious, strong, clear, fast and aerial…”

Robert Parker’s rating: 91 points
The 2007 Les Paradetes has a well-defined nose with baked cherry, fennel, truffle and dried herbs. The palate is fresh and vibrant on the entry. It is woven with crisp tannins and comes across as very fresh and lively with red cherries and wild strawberry. It has a crisp, tannic, brittle finish with garrigue on the aftertaste. This is a wine that takes you straight to the Mediterranean on a balmy August evening…