{"product_id":"mas-den-gil-priorat-coma-alta-blanco-2017","title":"Mas d'En Gil, Priorat Coma Alta Blanco 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eGarnacha Blanca.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe expressive and characterful white wine \"Coma Alta\" shows notes of acacia flowers, nuts and a touch of camphor, with powerful aromatics. The palate is beautifully textured and has superb balance, clean flavors and a long-lasting finish. It has great complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3,868 bottles produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComa Alta, the plot of vines which lends its name to this wine is located at the highest point of the Vall de la Coma, in Priorat, facing north-east. 30% percent of the volume fermented in used 500-liter oak barrels and the rest in stainless steel, where the wines matured for 5 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAt \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e350 metres above sea level, Mas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ed’en\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Gil covers an area of 125 hectares of land within the municipal area of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBellmunt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e del Priorat \u003c\/strong\u003ein the southern area of the Denomincació d’Origen Qualificada Priorat (DOCa). We could say that the estate, spread over 5 valleys is a scale model of this mountainous region known as the Priorat. It is a region filled with steeply sloping slate-based hillsides, Mediteranean woodland, interspersed with vineyards of Garnatxa (Grenache) and Carinyena (Carignan) and by olive, hazel and almond groves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrancesco Gil, was the founder of the estate\u003c\/strong\u003e. He was intuitive and enthusiastic, very much a man of the 19th century. \u003cstrong\u003eHis \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edescendents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e managed the estate until the next owners, the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarril\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e family took over in 1930\u003c\/strong\u003e. They consolidated the technical and farming side of the estate and re-named it Masia Barril, they took the ground-breaking decision to start bottling their wine production.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn 1998, the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRovira\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarbonell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e family bought the estate and recovered its historical name, Mas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ed’en\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Gil\u003c\/strong\u003e. This was a dream come true for Pere Rovira, one of the great wine professionals of the Penedès wine growing region. \u003cstrong\u003eSoon after 2000, the first Mas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ed’en\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Gil Wines were released.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pere Rovira’s youngest daughter, Marta Rovira Carbonell introduced organic farming methods to the estate and is the current director of the company.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVisitors to the Mas d’en Gil estate are often emotionally moved by what they see. A few metres after leaving the main road, the views open up to show off the vineyard which is the essence of Priorat. \u003cstrong\u003eVineyard terraces, hazelnut groves, rows of olive trees: this “bell munt” (“beautiful – mountain”)\u003c\/strong\u003e, the iconic, mesmerising mountain which frames Mas d’en Gil \u003cstrong\u003egives our village its name, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBellmunt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e del Priorat\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe most widely planted crop is the grapevine, spread over 43 hectares\u003c\/strong\u003e. The great majority of the vineyards are planted with red grape varieties: Garnatxa (65% of the total planted vineyard area) and Carinyena (20%). 10% of the vineyards are white indigenous grape varieties: Garnatxa Blanca (White Grenache) and Macabeu (Viura).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\t","brand":"Mas d'En Gil","offers":[{"title":"Coma Alta Mas D'En Gil Blanco","offer_id":47612639576297,"sku":"TAP-ES-ESP-DENGILCO-2016","price":68.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0604\/7626\/0585\/files\/e5a0a5d48140466daf9c2ffb40454fe9.png?v=1722415684","url":"https:\/\/www.enjoymowine.com\/products\/mas-den-gil-priorat-coma-alta-blanco-2017","provider":"MOWINE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}