The prestigious wine magazine Decanter has realeased a wide an new report about White Grenache with a ranking of the best White Grenaches in Spain where Terra Alta occupies 4 out of 5 first places:

OUTSTANDINGS (95-97 pts): 
– LA SERRA BLANC 2017, Herència Altés (96 pts).
– EDETÀRIA SELECCIÓ 2016, Edetària (95 pts).
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (90-94 pts):
– COCA I FITÓ D’OR 2016, Coca i Fitó (92 puntos).
– TREMENTINAIRE GARNATXA BLANCA 2016, Herència Altés (92 pts).

• BENUFET 2018, Herència Altés (91 pts).
• FINCA LA TERRENAL 2016, Edetària (90 pts).
• HERÈNCIA ALTÉS GARNATXA BLANCA 2018, Herència Altés (90 pts).

RECOMMENDED (86-89 pts):

• EL SENYAL BLANC 2017, Celler Alimara (89 pts).
• ALOJA BLANC 2018, Coca i Fitó (89 pts).
• JASPI BLANC 2018, Coca i Fitó (89 pts).
• EXPERIMENTAL GARNATXA BLANCA 2017, De Haan Altés (89 pts).
• VIA TERRA BLANC 2018, Edetària (89 pts).
• REBELS DE BATEA BLANC 2018, 7 Magnífics (89 pts).
• VIA EDETANA BLANC 2018, Edetària (88 pts).
• PROHOM BLANC 2018, Celler Coma d’en Bonet (88 pts).
• EL GARBÍ 2018, ?? (88 pts).
• GARNATXA BLANCA 2018, Casa Mariol (87 pts).

The judges are:

• Pedro Ballesteros Torres, A DWWA joint, Regional Chair for
• Spain, Ballesteros
• Torres is a regular
• contributor to
• Decanter and a widely
• published wine
• journalist, educator
• and judge. He is a
• member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del
• Vino and on the governing board of the
• Spanish Tasters’ Union.

• Sarah Jane Evans, One of our three DWWA Co-Chairs, Evans is a regular contributor to Decanter and an award-winning journalist and author, specialising in Spanish wines, food and culture. A member of the Gran Orden de Caballeros del Vino, her most recent book is The Wines of Northern Spain.
• Pierre Mansour,
• Mansour has worked
• in the wine trade for
• his entire career,
• starting in 1995 with
• the Antique Wine
• Company. In 2000
• he joined The Wine
• Society to oversee
• tastings and events,
• before taking on the role of buyer in 2004. He
• was made head of buying in 2017. Mansour has
• been a DWWA judge since 2006.