The Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat of Priorat of Catalogne

Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat
The winery offers 7 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 37 of the estates of Catalogne.
It is located in Priorat in the region of Catalogne

The Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat is one of the world's great estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in of Priorat to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat wines

Looking for the best Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat wines in Priorat among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

How Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat.

  • Macabeo
  • Garnacha Blanca

Discovering the wine region of Priorat

Mythical Catalan terroir, DOCa (Spain's summit alongside Rioja). Powerful, concentrated reds with signature notes of candied black fruits (blackberry, black cherry), graphite, schist, garrigue, cocoa and liquorice, firm tannins and a mineral palate strung by the "llicorella" (black schist and quartz forcing roots down to 20 m). Old vines of Garnacha (roundness) and Cariñena (Samsó, structure). Exceptional ageing.

~2,010 ha of steep relief.

The top red wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

How Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, baked lamb neck on a bed of vegetables and grapes or forest rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

On the nose the red wine of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat

  • 2001With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.14/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Cartoixa de Montsalvat.

  • Garnacha
  • Cariñena
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Cariñena

Powerful, structured reds with a near-black inky color, firm tannins and a dense palate, offering intense aromas of ripe black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant, plum), candied cherry, liquorice, spices, garrigue and balsamic notes. Fine cellaring potential, excelling in old vines on poor soils. Pillar of great Priorat DOQ, Montsant DO, Empordà DO reds and the signature of DO Cariñena (Aragón). Spanish name for carignan, a historic Mediterranean variety originating in Aragón.

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Discover the grape variety: Garnacha Blanca

Rich, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden colour, an ample palate and moderate acidity, showing signature aromas of ripe yellow fruits (peach, apricot, pear), white flowers (orange blossom), candied citrus, fennel and mineral notes. Fine ageing potential in barrel and cellaring ability. A qualitative star of Terra Alta DO, Priorat DOQ and Empordà DO, also the Roussillon. Spanish synonym of Grenache Blanc, a white-skinned mutation of Grenache.