Winery:  Celler Capçanes              

Region:  Catalonia (D.O. Montsant)

Bottle: 75cl                                                   

Grape Varieties: 100% Grenache

Type: Fortified Sweet Red wine

Alcohol Volume:  16.50%

Serving Temperature:  8º - 10º

Production: Traditional sweet wine made from 100% Grenache. Fortified with alcohol until it reaches 15% vol. Long ageing of 24 months in French oak followed by ageing in stainless steel deposits before being bottled.

Founded in 1933 by 5 families from the village. Who together established a cooperative that would handle large quantities of grapes economically and efficiently. The cooperative wears 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.
The company was reinvented in the 1990s as an independent company with its original members as shareholders, today they have around 130 members and they produce a large selection of  good quality wines including the well-known Peraj Ha’abib – a Kosher wine- under the appellation of Montsant.  

Tasting Notes:  Walnut color with some reddish hints. Beautifully combining floral and red fruit aromas with intense notes of toffee and caramel. Soft sweetness along the palate, balsamic notes. Succulent and flavorful, unctuous with excellent acidity and a long sweet finish.

Notes: Excellent with all types of desserts and salty dry fruits.