This is indeed from Spain, but could be easily mistaken for a great wine from Southern France. Some berry (a little jammy), a little kirsch, white pepper and chocolate on the nose. Beautiful balance and medium body with raspberry, some graphite, stunning minerality and some white pepper. Great mouthfeel with a clean and solid finish. This is really a lovely wine and great value. Recommended.
Parker notes
The Wine Advocate From a vineyard planted in pure slate, the 2002 Seleccio Vinyes Velles is an unfined/unfiltered blend of 60% old vine Grenache (50-80 years), and the rest Carignan, Tempranillo, Syrah, and Cabernet Sauvignon. An intense, fragrant bouquet of raspberry and blueberry jam intermixed with a liquid minerality jumps from the glass of this deep ruby/purple-colored 2002.
The beautiful aromatics are followed by a medium-bodied, elegant, precise, well-delineated, fresh, lively red. This singular effort demonstrates the potential of this little-known Spanish viticultural region. Drinking well now, it should age nicely for 5-6 years. Wow! What a discovery broker Jorge Ordonez made with these terrific wines from a sub-appellation of Ampurdan in the Costa Brava. Could Costa Brava be the next Priorat?
Helllo,
I have found very interesting your blog.
I write from Barcelona, Spain.
Actually this denomination of origin has only the name of D.O. Empordà (the name in Catalan of this part of Catalonia)
There are many producers that as Cinderella need an importer disguised as Prince Charme to reach the consumers
Huge companies make publicity -Publicity is the deliberate attempt to manage the public’s perception of a subject, is the definition at Wikipedia- little producers needs a”descubridor” with pure eyes
A good example for me is the case of Ramón Losada, a little producer at Ribeira Sacra , in Galicia , Sapin, “discovered” by André Tarners of De Maison Selections.
This humble and quiet man that you can see with André in http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=tHEFisJUSFA&feature=related See also the presentation of his Prince Charme at http://www.demaisonselections.com/ventura.html