2019 Espectacle Espectacle del Montsant, Catalunya

It's always an exciting moment tasting a new vintage of the wine from one of the most beautiful vineyards in Montsant, and the 2019 Espectacle del Montsant didn't disappoint. It's always Mediterranean, heady and ripe, decadent and hedonistic. 2019 was a warm and quite classical vintage in the zone, with good ripeness (the wine's label lists 15.5% alcohol), and the wine is hedonistic, nuanced and complex, with very good acidity, which is one of the characteristics that makes this vintage so complete. Despite everything, the wine is medium to full-bodied and comes through as perfumed and ethereal. They do long macerations and long aging in foudre. 2019 is a very serious vintage for this wine; it's a little closed and needs time in the glass, and it's tight and seamless, a little austere for what this wine usually is. This is truly spectacular. 6,500 bottles produced. Drink 2023-2032

99 points Louis Gutiérrez robertarker.com Oct 2022

Espectacle del Montsant is a collaboration between Rene Barbier and wife Isabel Meyer of Clos Mogador, and Christopher Cannan of Clos Figueres and Priorat wine consultant Fernando Zimora, and finally, biologist Marta Conde.