This wine is a pre arrival, with estimated arrival of mid spring. 

Javi Revert grew up near La Font de la Figuera in western Valencia. His grandfathers were winemakers before him and his fathers. While studying viticulture in Valencia, Javi began working with Pablo Calatayud at Celler del Roure. During his studies he began to champion the indigenous grape varieties that had been left by the wayside in Spain’s scrabble towards wine industrialization in the 1980’s. Javi went about reviving the grape mandó and then with Pablo, they began experimenting with recovering other heirloom varieties. Today Javi is respected around Spain for his work with arcos, bonicaire, monastrell, and garnacha. The cellar of his vineyard is the original 17th-century cellar with over forty intact amphora that the winery uses today. Javi’s vineyards are cared for with a great tenderness going towards the health of the vineyards and the surrounding ecosystems and he makes his wine with a touch that grows defter and defter.

Sensal is Javi’s village wine. The wine is a field blend of monastrell, bonicaire, and arcos. The vineyards are all located near 700 meters close to the village of Font de la Figuera in Clariano. The wines are fermented with half or more whole cluster on indigenous yeasts in amphorae and old French oak barrels followed by aging in French oak, amphorae, and glass demi-johns. This wine is like a beautiful thread woven together of red berries. The tannins are lacy and fine and the wine belies a freshness worth attending to.

The Wine Advocate 94+

“This is one step up.” - Luis Gutiérrez