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2013 Vinyes Velles Nobles Acústic Celler

Grapes Garnacha, Carignan
Colour Red
Origin Spain, Montsant
ABV 15%

80% Carignan, 20% Garnacha 10 months in 1-3 year old French oak barrels 40-75 year old vines Primary violets, black cherry, raspberry, herbs & oak, palate has vim & vigour, rich, broad black fruits, fennel, floral, plum and dark chocolate. L&S (Aug 2015)


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'Trust me, this wine trounces any Côtes-du-Rhône...'
The rule this week is easy to understand – suspend disbelief and follow me. We all love Côtes-du-Rhône: this is an immutable fact, not least because it is one of the most delicious and heart-warming of all styles of red wine. My choice this week is not a Côtes-du-Rhône – it’s better in every single way and, while I elaborate, please give me your unflinching trust.

Made from 80% carignan and 20% garnacha (vaguely CdR-style) and aged for ten months in one- to three-year-old French oak barrels (again following the CdR recipe), the vines are 40 to 75 years old (ah, now we are talking – this is a step up) and the flavour is imperial (not your average CdR, I can tell you).

This estate, based in the dramatic, mountainous terrain of Montsant, 100 miles south of Barcelona, is Elysian for vines. You can actually taste how content the vines are in this wine. If it were a CdR it would be the greatest.
Matthew Jukes www.matthewjukes.com (Oct 2016)

Acústic Celler

These exciting wines, from very old vines in the DO of Montsant (a 'doughnut-like' ring of land that encircles Priorat on all sides) is the project of Albert Jané Ubeda. Unlike Priorat's famous slate soils Monsant has a mixture of terroirs with more clay, sand and slate vineyards. Planted with Garnatxa (Garnacha) and Samso (Cariñena).

Albert is like an obsessive collector when it comes to prospecting new vineyards, even if he comes across a small parcel of old bush vines he just has to have it and this patchwork of sites add so much complexity and intensity to his wines. All the vines are between 30 and 105 years old, in harsh and stony soils of sand stones and clay.

Albert's philosophy is to create wines that express and bring back to life the traditional way of making wines here. He is all about authenticity and says his job is to look after the vines - he makes his wine in the vineyards not the cellar. It is the vines and the terroir that are the magic here for Albert and his mission is to bottle it!

Working organically since his first vintage in 2004, all the grapes are hand-picked. Vinification is traditional (small wooden press), there is a very prudent use of oak 'a good barrel is a barrel you cannot taste' says Albert, it should 'help the wine express itself not actually add its own mark to the juice'. All wines are then bottled without fining or filtration, making them the most exciting and expressive wines we have tasted from this upcoming region.

Albert also has exciting wine projects in Priorat with Ritme Cellar and Autocton Cellar.

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