Josep Maria Vendrell Montsant Sere 2023 Region:Catalonia Black cherry pastille

Black cherry pastille

Very pleasingly rich but within a (very obvious) tannic framework

This one by Timothy Malone in the Columbia Gorge is one that has featured in this newsletter nearly every time we’ve had the opportunity

For long-time fans of Henri Giroud

The red grape this wine is made from is now called Camaiola

Josep Maria Vendrell Montsant Sere 2023 Region:Catalonia Black cherry pastilleThis is Josep Maria Vendrells fourth vintage. A young winemaker with long and bright future, he farms 17 hectares of wines in the mountains of southern Catalonia, where the most famous wines are the rich, savory, deeply carved reds of Priorat. Montsant surrounds Priorat on four sides. The clay and schist teruno (terroir) is wilder, and the stakes are a little lower, so if Josep Maria wants to pick his grapes a little earlier than his neighbors, and if