2009 Cabrida Garnatxa, Vinyes Velles, DO Montsant, Celler de Capçanes
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Celler de Capcanes
Celler Capçanes is situated in the village of Capçanes in the Priorato hills, just outside the Priorat wine region, and officially in the Montsant wine region. The business started in the 1930s when, as a co-operative, five families combined resources to produce all of the wines of the village together.
Capçanes really rose to prominence when a switch was made to focus on high quality, domaine-produced and bottled wines and, since 1995, has taken its current mantle as one of the region’s most up-and-coming producers. When Capçanes’ superb terroir, consisting of clay, slate, limestone and sandy soils were put to the test, the results were a revelation. Berry's Fine Wine Team was extremely impressed after tasting the Celler Capçanes wines in 2012, and we are delighted to proud to have included them to our Spanish wine range.
One of their unique wines is a mono-varietal Pinot Noir. The grape is rarely encountered from Iberia, Capçanes make a strong case for it to be planted more widely.Cabrida Garnatxa is an old-vine Grenache with impressive depth, whilst Peraj Ha’abib is an intriguing blend of old bush vine Garnacha, Samso and Cabernet Sauvignon character.
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There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.
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Celler de Capçanes is located in the Catalan DO of Montsant, the larger but lesser known sibling of Priorat. Sharing the same distinctive slate and limestone soils and photogenic terraced vineyards, Montsant is now recognised as a source of richly concentrated wines especially, as in this instance, when they are from very old vines. Old vine Grenache, or Garnatxa to use its Catalan name, has benefited from 12 months in Allier oak. The colour is dense and plush and the nose recalls morello cherries and sousbois. On the palate the wine is concentrated but composed, its elegant buttressing tannins offering discreet support to the wealth of dark rich fruit at the wine’s core. Now-end 2015.
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