Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 results

We are delighted to announce the results of the DWWA (Decanter World Wine Awards) 2013 competition. This is the first year we register 5 wines in the competition and all of them got a distinction. Three bronze medals: El Brindis, Mas Sardana cava & Finca el Romero and two commended: Herbis & Humilitat for this new edition of the UK based wine trophy, where judging panel consists of only professionals of the wine industry and accurate palates.

DWWA Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 results

You can look for our wines by typing the producer’s name: Franck Massard on the following link http://www.decanter.com/dwwa/2013/

To get more information about each wine or where you can get them in the UK, please contact us and we will give you all the necessary details. 

Guía Palacio 2013

La Guía Palacio de los mejores vinos iberoamericanos acaba de publicar sus resultados y nos complace compartirlos con vosotros.

 

Guía Palacio 3 Guía Palacio 2013

 

 

Para más información sobre la guía, haz clic aquí

 

 

Vinexpo 2013, "taste different"

Vinexpo 2013 Bordeaux will take place from the 16th to 20th of June. We will be runing a “Wine & Tapas” at only 5min walk from Vinexpo. This year we receive our partners in a relaxed and tasty environment, outside the fair.

We will be serving different type of Spanish and French food (Pata Negra, Other Charcuteries, Secreto Ibérico, Cheeses, Old Comté, Sea Food, Oysters, Suckling pig…) paired with our wines.

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To see the complete menu click here 

Please note this is exclusive for our private customers and under previous reservation

Alma en la revista Vinum

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Alma "Les 3 Amis" 90 points in The Wine Advocate

The small 4000 bottles project of “Les 3 Amis” (friends in French), all specialists in and passionate about wine, keeps moving forward. Dominique Roujou de Boubée and Laura Montero are applying from last year a strict control on viticulture and winemaking and Franck Massard is helping them in building the brand. They form a homogeneous team.

The first 2011 vintage of the Albariño from EL Sobral, aged for 9 months in stainless steel “seduced” Neal Martin, new disciple of Robert Parker for Spain from last year who visited Galicia and just released in February his notes for the Rias Baixas region. Despite the changes in the rating system since he is in charge of the Spanish wines (lower scores, even some of the great renowned wineries have seen their ratings down, modern approach, better control), Alma received 90 points which is very correct for the whites category.

 Alma Wine Advocate February 2013 by Neal Martin 90 points Alma Les 3 Amis 90 points in The Wine Advocate

See information about the project here   

Nuestros vinos en elmundovino.com

Luis Gutiérrez, Jens Riis, Víctor de la Serna y Juancho Asenjo de elmundovino.com cataron varios vinos nuestros en su “cata de la semana”, una sección titulada “Los vinos de Dominique Roujou de Boubée” que ha hecho hincapié el trabajo de nuestro asesor.

“Casi anecdóticamente, un elegante tinto nuevo, que aún no ha salido al mercado, encabeza la cata: el Eda 2010 de Epicure Wines – la pequeña empresa productora en varias zonas y exportadora de su amigo Franck Massard, un cariñena que ratifica que la finura es posible en los terruños cálidos del Mediterráneo.”*

elmundovino Nuestros vinos en elmundovino.com

Franck Massard

Eda: 17.5/20 (todavía no está en venta, producción de solo 1000 botellas) Nota de cata aquí

“Embotellado hace 2 semanas, y por tanto bastante cerrado en la nariz. Sensación de equilibrio, muchísima hierba seca y monte bajo, rosas secas, corteza de árbol y mentolados. Terriblemente elegante y equilibrado. Otro extraordinario nuevo vino.”

Finca el Romero: 15.5/20 Nota de cata . . . → Read More: Nuestros vinos en elmundovino.com

Audacia & Jancis Robinson great new spanish wines

We are very happy to announce that our Audacia from Les 3 Amis was reviewed in the “Great New Spanish Wines” category on the English journalist and wine specialist Jancis Robinson‘s website. See below full review and other wines included in the tasting:

 

Audacia Jancis Robinson + picture bottle Audacia & Jancis Robinson great new spanish wines

 

You can see more information about the project on Les 3 Amis’ website www.les3amis.com

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Más Amor 2012, unscrew and enjoy with passion

Note release Más Amor 2012 English Más Amor 2012, unscrew and enjoy with passion

Guía Intervinos 2013

Ya tenemos los resultados de la Guía Intervinos 2013. Cumple este año su sexta edición y en la presentación nos da un buen panorama del vino español de hoy, describiéndose como “una herramienta esencial para dar un paso más dentro de ese mundo casi infinito y maravilloso que es y que rodea al vino”.

Estamos muy contentos con las puntuaciones que destacan los vinos de Franck Massard y el proyecto Les 3 Amis en Galicia:

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Franck Massard:

Humilitat 2010 89 puntos

Finca el Romero 2011 89 puntos

Licis 2010 89 puntos

Mas Sardana cava N/V 89 puntos

 

Les 3 Amis:

Audacia 2011 91 puntos

Alma 2011 90 puntos

 

Más sobre la Guía Intervinos aquí

Más sobre Franck Massard aquí

Más sobre Les 3 Amis aquí (artículo Que Bodega.es)

Balma outranks the Feinschmecker cava tasting

Mas Bertran Viticultors, our partner producer in the Penedès, just got the 1st place on 100 cavas in the Feinschmecker German December magazine in the cava annual tasting.

Mas Bertran winery:

An undeniable imprint from The Penedés in quality wines and cavas with Xarel.lo, Macabeu, Parellada and sumoll being the main protagonists. A constant watch over the process of elaboration. The coexistence of the latest technologies with traditional methods. Nature takes over. Intervene as little as possible to obtain the best results. The vineyard expresses itself with freedom: the vintage, always different, sets the pace. When fuse tradition, innovation and respect for nature, our products are born.

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