Unmistakable!! The style of Capcanes in the Montsant. The other evening we only wanted a glass each to enjoy with a movie and I grabbed the last 0,375l bottle of Costers del Gravet 2003 from Capcanes, it´s really at it´s best point.
Brand: Costers del Gravet
Winery: Capcanes
Vintage: 2003
Varietal: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Garnacha, 20% Cariñena
Winemaking: temperature controlled fermentation (27º C - 29º C with natural yeast), maceration for 14 - 21 days, all varieties vinified separately. Malolactic fermentation started in tank and finished in barrel, after blending aged for 3 months in tank before bottling. 12 months in new oak, after this 12 months in old barriques (mainly French).
Alcohol: 14%Average
Alcohol: 14%Average
Price: € 15,00 (for a 0,75l bottle)
Tasting Notes: elegant and complex, rich nose of red cherries, but also dark fruit, wonderfully integrated cocoa and vanilla flavors. Rich also in body, great sweet tannins and suprisingly “cool” fruit, perfect freshness and length.
Drink now through 2014
Food Pairing Suggestions: red meat slightly marinated, grilled vegetables, new potatoes with olive oil and rosemary
General rating: 4 tastevins - Categories: Authentic, expresses extremely well it´s terroir and region
Winery notes: the winery has grown to be a symbol for the entire region… Capcanes already existed before the Phylloxera which devastated the densely planted area entirely at the turn of the 19th century. After the plague about one fifth of the former plantation was replanted and some of those vines still exist today, many of them are 100 years old now. The Cellar Capcanes as it is known today was founded in 1933, at that time a change was needed to compete in a completely different wine market. Five families from the village collaborated in order to handle large quantities of wine economically and efficiently and formed the Coop. Until the end of the 80-ties wine was sold in bulk, although over the years people recognized more and more the amazing quality of the grapes grown in the Priorat area. In 1995 the real change came: the Cooperative Capcanes was asked by the Jewish Community of Barcelona to make Kosher wine. This demanded the installation of new equipment etc. The ground was laid for not only production of kosher wines but in general for wines of extremely high quality.
Winery notes: the winery has grown to be a symbol for the entire region… Capcanes already existed before the Phylloxera which devastated the densely planted area entirely at the turn of the 19th century. After the plague about one fifth of the former plantation was replanted and some of those vines still exist today, many of them are 100 years old now. The Cellar Capcanes as it is known today was founded in 1933, at that time a change was needed to compete in a completely different wine market. Five families from the village collaborated in order to handle large quantities of wine economically and efficiently and formed the Coop. Until the end of the 80-ties wine was sold in bulk, although over the years people recognized more and more the amazing quality of the grapes grown in the Priorat area. In 1995 the real change came: the Cooperative Capcanes was asked by the Jewish Community of Barcelona to make Kosher wine. This demanded the installation of new equipment etc. The ground was laid for not only production of kosher wines but in general for wines of extremely high quality.
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