A mouth-filling wine you'll want to contemplate. Layers of flavors,
featuring earthy minerals, citrus peel and a lanolin waxiness that
gobsmacked me in one sip! This wine is a very unique blend of
Macabao (a white varietal rarely found outside Spain), Garnatxa
Blanca (aka Grenache Blanc, or white Grenache), Pedro Ximinez and a
trace of Muscat. It is both aromatically rich and yet medium-bodied
and refreshing. Drink within the next two years.
The wine hails from the Priorat region, in the hills Southwest
of Barcelona, where the vines grow in schist - soils so rocky that
there is virtually no visible soil. The earthy minerality of these
soils is said to come through in the wines from this region, and I
dare you to say otherwise. Even if you can't quite get these
flavors of the earth, you will certainly note the distinctive
nature of this wine. Even if you don't care for it at first, I'm
convinced it will grow on you over the course of the evening, and
that you'll be back for more before the end of summer!
Igneus, the producer of this wine, maintains a facility just
down the road, and easily visible, from the small town of
Gratallops (Grah tah yopes), which translates roughly as "where the
wolves (llops) come to scratch". Images of wolves on their hind
legs, scratching at trees, are found all over the town - within
company logos, carved into pavement stones or wooden door beams and
as art in the town square. For more photos and stories of this
amazing little part of the wine world, visit my
blog posting here.
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