2016 Bodega Les Cousins Marc & Adria La Sagesse, Priorat DOCa, Spain Chionetti Richard and Chester Brandlin had

Richard and Chester Brandlin had been raised on this land with their father having tended it since Prohibition

making it Japan’s highest whisky distillery

The wine ages for around 8-9 months in used demi-muids and Burgundy barrels

above Les Grand Charrons

organically grown on limestone-clay soils in Vittoria

2016 Bodega Les Cousins Marc & Adria La Sagesse, Priorat DOCa, Spain Chionetti Richard and Chester Brandlin hadFrom rugged old vine parcels in the village of Porrera (Priorat), this 2017 is a thoughtful blend of ~55% Carignan (Cariena) and ~45% Grenache Tinta, harvested by hand from vine stocks planted on steep terraces of llicorella (slate & schist) soils at very low yields (~5 6 t ha). Fermentation begins with native yeasts in stainless steel vats after full destemming, followed by a short maceration of 610 days, then a gradual press off of gently extracted