The 2021 Blanc Selecciò was produced with 50% Garnacha Blanca, 40% Macabeo and 10% Chardonnay from limestone soils. It has only 11.5% alcohol and a low pH from a more immediate vintage. It fermented mostly in barrique and foudre, with 30% of the must in concrete egg, where it matured for six months. It is flinty and stony, with a faint reductive character, serious and austere. The palate is vibrant, fresh, pure and mineral. Very good. 9,500 bottles were filled in April 2022.

The 2014 Josep Foraster Blanc Selecció is a blend of 50% Garnacha Blanca, 40% Macabeo and 10% Chardonnay partly fermented and aged in barrel. Half of the wine matured in 500-liter oak barrels for seven months. There are notes of lemon and apple and something perhaps a little more exotic and tropical. The palate is fresh, with good acidity and focused, straightforward flavors. 8,200 bottles.

The 2013 Josep Foraster Blanc Selecció is a blend of Garnacha Blanca (50%), Macabeu (40%) and Chardonnay (10%) partly fermented in oak with indigenous yeasts and seven months aging with weekly battonage, while half of the wine was kept in stainless steel. It has a sweet nose with something like candied pears along with lees and balsamic notes akin to bay leaf. It has good volume, moderate acidity and a slightly bitter finish leaving it quite pleasant overall. 8,300 bottles produced.

Let’s look at their white first, the pale 2012 Josep Foraster Blanc Seleccio, which is a blend of 50% Garnacha Blanca, 40% Macabeo and 10% Chardonnay lightly oaked as half of the wine is fermented in 500-liter barrels and then aged for six months in those barrels, and a further six months in vat in contact with the lees. The nose has delineated aromas of apples, yellow plums and quince, intermixed with subtle tones from the oak, smoke and vanilla and a clear aniseed note. The palate is very dry, with good acidity, combining spicy flavors from the oak with clean fruit from the grapes in a very pleasant way. Drink now. is a family winery, created in 1998, where they work exclusively with the fruit of their own vineyards, which are organically farmed. I really liked their interpretation of the local red grape Trepat. Importer: T. Edward Wines, New York, NY; tel. (212) 233-1504, www.tedwardwines.com

The 2011 Josep Foraster Blanc Seleccio is a blend of 50% Garnacha Blanca, 40% Macabeu and 10% Chardonnay that undergoes a short twenty-hour skin maceration and sees no pressing. It is fermented 50% in new French oak for six months with weekly batonnage, the remainder in stainless steel. It has a fine, orange blossom-scented nose with good definition and touches of dried pressed flowers emerging with time. The palate has a waxy, resinous entry with subtle notes of dried apricot, nectarine and a little spice. It possesses crisp acidity with a composed, refined finish that lingers nicely in the mouth. Drink now-2018. I visited Mas Foraster on a lucid sunny morning in Conca de Barbera. They farm 34 hectares at around 370 metres altitude. The estate includes plots planted in 1995 and 2001, introducing their white wine later in 2007. All fruit is sourced from their own vineyards. Importer: T. Edward Wines, New York; NY; tel. (212) 233-1504; www.tedwardwines.com