Winery: Cellers Sant Rafel                                         

Region:  Catalonia (D.O. Montsant)

Vintage:  2019                   

Bottle:  75cl                                                    

Grape Varieties: 85% Grenache and 15% Merlot

Type: Red wine unoaked

Alcohol Volume:  14%

Serving Temperature:  14º - 16º

Production: Cellers Sant Rafel is a small family winery run by husband and wife, Xaby Peñas and Pilar Justo, elaborating artesanal and quality wines with the supervision of the well-known local oenologist Toni Coca at the family’s rehabilitated old farm in Pradell de la Teixeta in the Montsant region. The family owns 7 hectareas planted with vines of between 8 and 35 years of age on sloped terraces around the village where the grapes are sourced for the production of their wines.

In the Solpost the Grenache grape plays the main role with an 85% and in smaller quantities the Merlot, the grapes are selected from different plots to produce a rich and complex wine that captures the soul of the terroir. Maceration and fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats.  Clarified with fresh egg white and followed by a very gentle filtration.

Tasting Notes: Youthful, fresh, lively and flavoursome wine, floral and matured fruit, straightforward and light. Lovely and round fruit.