Winery: Celler Capçanes             

Region: Capçanes - D.O. Montsant

Vintage: 2023                                                    

Bottle: 75 cl 

Grape Varieties: 100% Grenache

Type: Young wine oak aged

Alcohol Volume: 14.50% vol.

Serving Temperature: 15º - 17º

The Nit de Garnatxes belongs to a series of four wines that have been elaborated exclusively with the Grenache variety, each sourced from four different types of soils in the Capçanes district: panal, llicorella, argila, and calissa.

The Garnatxes Argila is a terroir wine made from 100% Grenache old vines grown on clay soils (Calissa). Clay soils are characterised by their ability to retain water but have poor drainage, with a tendency to become waterlogged easily. The soil is compact and hard, often high in acidity. It produces wines with more extract and colour that are more muscular. This wine is the most rustic and intense of the four.

Production:

Hand harvested during the middle of September, the wine has fermented at a controlled temperature of 24º-28º in 500-L French oak barrels. 6 months of ageing in 228-L medium-light toasted new French oak barrels. Light filtration.

Tasting Notes:

Intense dark cherry colour. Good complexity on the nose, with intense aromas of wild herbs, black fruits, and minerals. On the palate, it's muscular and full-bodied, with tannins more pronounced and a rustic feeling towards the end.

Notes: To be enjoyed over the next 3-4 years. Suitable for Vegans

The Winery

Founded in 1933 by five families from the village of Capçanes, who together established a cooperative that would handle large quantities of grapes economically and efficiently. The cooperative bears the name of the village where it is located: Capçanes, a village hidden away in the Priorato hills inland from Tarragona and with a long wine-growing history.
In the 1990s, the company was reinvented as an independent company with its original members as shareholders; today, they have around 130 members and produce a wide selection of high-quality wines, including the well-known Peraj Ha’abib, a Kosher wine, under the Montsant appellation.