Allocation Alert! The Barbier Family's Com Tu.
Last year was the first time that we got an allocation of the new wine from the Barbier family, Com Tu. This is a premium wine from Spain's DO Montsant, which surrounds DOCa Priorat, that is made by Anderson and Rene Barbier of Clos Mogador. This is just the 3rd vintage produced of this small production wine (2,000 6-packs made, 200 imported).
Com Tu, 2017 - DO Montsant, Spain - $36.00 per bottle (0nly 60 bottles available to AZ, 6-packs).
2015v - 94 pts, Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez)
2016v - 94-96 pts, Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez, barrel tasting)
2017v - 93 pts, Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez)
A FEW WORDS FROM RENE BARBIER FERRER
In the early part of this century, my son René and I first started experimenting with winemaking in the village of La Figuera, the highest area of the D.O. Montsant, around 600 m. above sea level. From the very beginning we realized its extraordinary potential.
That year I discovered the centennial vineyard that belonged to Mr. Joan Anguera, today Espectacle wine vineyard, which in its first vintage, 2004, it obtained very good reviews.
My son René and I kept thinking of a way to promote that area so good for Grenache, but from a collaborative point of view. Our relationship with the cooperative and its five members had always been very good, and we found the way to work together in this project; the winemakers committed to selling us a good selection of Grenache grapes. Those were the beginnings of our wine Com Tu.
As for the name Com Tu, I must refer to my youngest son Anderson Barbier Meyer, an artist from top to bottom, who together with my wife, who is also his mother- a designer, painter, ex-ballerina- they came up with this label that describes a philosophy that only he can explain.
In 2014 we produced the first wine, with my son René, only a few bottles that were not for sale, we kept them to age. The first vintage that can be found in the market is 2015, some 3,000 bottles. And for this vintage 2017, we produced some 8,000 bottles.
Feeling confident enough about the project, in 2017 we started to buy some vineyards in La Figuera, as well as more land to plant in the future.
Based on our nearly 20 years’ experience in working to improve our tasks, my family and I can assure you that the Grenache grapes from La Figuera produce wines with a unique color range, tender and fluid; with a fresh aroma, of flowers, orange peel, incense, as well as wide range of white fruit, citrus, very fresh. Its high alcohol content together with its extraordinary acidity, helps the wine to age perfectly.
On the palate it is soft, with harmony but the taste development goes in crescendo, and it leaves us with an exceptional aftertaste. This wine amazes us and fills us with vitality. It is only natural that my son sees the music and the poetry through it.
FROM ANDERSON BARBIER MEYER
In the early part of this century, my son René and I first started experimenting with winemaking in the village of La Figuera, the highest area of the D.O. Montsant, around 600 m. above sea level. From the very beginning we realized its extraordinary potential.
That year I discovered the centennial vineyard that belonged to Mr. Joan Anguera, today Espectacle wine vineyard, which in its first vintage, 2004, it obtained very good reviews.
My son René and I kept thinking of a way to promote that area so good for Grenache, but from a collaborative point of view. Our relationship with the cooperative and its five members had always been very good, and we found the way to work together in this project; the winemakers committed to selling us a good selection of Grenache grapes. Those were the beginnings of our wine Com Tu.
As for the name Com Tu, I must refer to my youngest son Anderson Barbier Meyer, an artist from top to bottom, who together with my wife, who is also his mother- a designer, painter, ex-ballerina- they came up with this label that describes a philosophy that only he can explain.
In 2014 we produced the first wine, with my son René, only a few bottles that were not for sale, we kept them to age. The first vintage that can be found in the market is 2015, some 3,000 bottles. And for this vintage 2017, we produced some 8,000 bottles.
Feeling confident enough about the project, in 2017 we started to buy some vineyards in La Figuera, as well as more land to plant in the future.
Based on our nearly 20 years’ experience in working to improve our tasks, my family and I can assure you that the Grenache grapes from La Figuera produce wines with a unique color range, tender and fluid; with a fresh aroma, of flowers, orange peel, incense, as well as wide range of white fruit, citrus, very fresh. Its high alcohol content together with its extraordinary acidity, helps the wine to age perfectly.
On the palate it is soft, with harmony but the taste development goes in crescendo, and it leaves us with an exceptional aftertaste. This wine amazes us and fills us with vitality. It is only natural that my son sees the music and the poetry through it.
RENE BARBIER MEYER
A year to celebrate. In 2017 we bought a new vineyard called “Horta” (Orchard), and as it happens, Mogador’s original name was also “Hort d’en Piqué” (Piqué’s Orchard). It is a vineyard planted with more than 60 years old Grenache which joins our project Com Tu and makes it grow. 2017 was a very dry year and a little rainy September favored the harvesting and the ripening of the grapes. The vintage 2017 comes about with a slight vegetal touch which balances the warm sensation. All of this accompanied by the distinctive characteristics of La Figuera wines; orange peels aromas, minerality and flowers such as violets.
AND CHRISTIAN BARBIER MEYER
The reason this Project is so motivating for me is the change of soil. We have been working with llicorella soil (slate) for more than twenty years, and now we have the chance to work with white clay, and this is very rewarding. One of the advantages of this type of soil is that it produces very fresh wines.