Montsant "Les Argiles", Orto Vins - 2021

Name: Montsant "Les Argiles", Orto Vins
Brand: Orto Vins
SKU: 45683
Price: 10.97 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 45683 750mL

D'Orto Vins is a winery run by the meticulous and eccentric, Joan Asens. The vines are planted at high altitudes making for brilliantly structured and fresh wines. Made of 90% Garnacha and Cariñena and aged in old French casks. The wine region of Montsant is in northern Spain in the area of Catalonia. This is an ideal wine for smoked duck.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2021

Country

Spain

Region

Montsant

Producer

Orto Vins

Grape Variety

Grenache

Carignan

Production Methods

Organic

Biodynamic

Wine made from grapes grown organically using natural composting techniques and special preparations of herbal sprays while following the astronomical calendar.

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Staff Pick Notes

Joan Asens, the producer of this great wine, is an expert in biodynamic wine making in Catalonia. He teaches lunar cycles at a local winemaking university. Before that, he worked with famous winemakers in Priorat to gain experience. The vineyards where he produces this wine are in the region of Montsant, a small high altitude region close to the more famous Priorat. This wine is balanced. It's a blend with mostly Garnacha and a bit of Carinena. You can enjoy in the palate flavors of red berries followed by spices and a crisp minerality. Fruit forward, fresh and versatile, this wine is ready to drink now

- AFR

Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Grenache

The Grenache grape (a.k.a. Grenache Noir) produces relatively pale, fruity red wines that often stop just short of sweetness. Grenache is familiar to most wine drinkers as an ingredient in the blends of the Rhône and Languedoc-Roussillon, where it can add charm to varieties that are a little rougher around the edges. The distinguished Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas appellations are both characterized by significant percentages of Grenache, while in Tavel and Lirac the grape is used to make...

Carignan

Grown all over Europe and the Americas, Carignan (a.k.a. Carignane, Carignano, and Cariñena) is seldom seen as a 100% varietal wine. Many appellations of Languedoc-Roussillon must include a certain percentage of Carignan, but it is rarely the dominant grape in these blends. For years, this naturally high-yielding grape suffered from overproduction, but New World winemakers have lately taken up the Carignan cause and produced some distinctive and delicious examples. Now that it is subject to...