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2014
60% Garnacha
40% Merlot
2015
60% Garnacha
40% Merlot
2016
60% Garnacha
40% Merlot
Deep red colour; Complex aromas of ripe dark fruit, wild herbs, and berries; very spicy; some vanilla, dark exotic fruit flavour nuances; intensive and concentrated; complex but still elegant; perfectly balanced with nicely vibrant acidity; elegant glycerin sweetness; serious ripe tannin structure
Braised veal shank, Game, rabbit, crispy duck, partridge, BBQ, stew, marinated baby pork back ribs
Guia de Vins de Catalunya 2020:
Selection Das Genussmagazin 2019:
Amphore: Concours International des Vins Biologiques et en Conversion:
La Guía de vins de Catalunya 2019:
Guía Peñín 2019:
Gilbert Gaillard 2018:
La Guía de vins de Catalunya 2018:
Guía Peñín 2018:
Selection Das Genussmagazin organic wines 2017:
Guía Proensa 2017:
“Celler de Capçanes se subió al carro de la vanguardia y de la calidad hace años y ahí sigue, pase lo que pase.”
“…Lo que no cambia es la fórmula del éxito….”
Guía Peñin 2017:
Selection Das Genussmagazin organic wines 2016:
Gilbert Gaillard 2016:
Guía Peñín de los Vinos de España 2016
Wein – Plus, 19 February 2015
Selection Das Genussmagazin, Germany 2015
“Guía Peñín de los Vinos de España 2015”:
Wine Up 2015
“LA GUIA de vins de Catalunya”, 2014:
“Guía Peñín de los vinos de España”, 2014, Spain:
“Restaurant Wine” newsletter, by Ronn Wiegand, USA 2013:
“Peñin Guide, Top wines from Spain”, Spain, 2013/2014:
“Guía Palacio de los mejores vinos Iberoamericanos” Spain, June 2013
“Guía Peñín” de los vinos de españa 2013, Spain:
“The Wine Advocate”, Robert Parker, USA:
“Wine- plus”, Germany 2012:
”International Wine Cellar”, Stephen Tanzer, USA
Wine-guide “Mondo-Weine der Welt”, Germany:
Wine Guide “Andres Proensa”, Spain:
Wine Guide “Guia de Vinos Gourmets”, Spain:
Wine Magazine“Perswijn”, Netherlands:
Temperature controlled fermentation (27-29ºC; indegenous yeast)
Maceration time: 15-25 days; all three varieties were vinified separately
Malo-lactic fermentation started in tank and finished in barrel
No fining
Not cold stabilized, light filtration
12 month aged in new and two years old French oak barrels (228l); light and medium toasted; no racking
After blending aged for 6 months in tank before bottling
High altitude (1800 feet) Merlot vines up to 15 years old
Garnacha vines between 40 and 85 years old
Tempranillo 25 years old
Soil: clay, granite, Muschelkalk (limestone), several plots of slate
Slopes and old granite terraces
Pruning:
– Garnacha: traditional bush vines
– Merlot, Tempranillo: on wire
By hand, in 20kg boxes, hand sorted on the table
In the high-altitude valley of Calàs, Merlot is the last variety to ripen in Capçanes. This gives it an almost masculine style with some serious tannin structure. At 480 to 550m it is picked in the last two weeks of October
Yield:
750 to 1200g per vine
30-45hl/ha
14% vol. alcohol
5,5 g/l acidity (tartaric)
<3 g/l residual sugar
12.000 bottles (75cl.)
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