Clos FiguerasFont de la Figuera Priorat Blanco
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chenin blanc and the Viognier.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco of Clos Figueras in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cherry or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of oaky, tropical or citrus.
Food and wine pairings with Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco
Pairings that work perfectly with Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco
Original food and wine pairings with Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco
The Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco of Clos Figueras matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, leg of lamb in braillouse or barbecued filet mignon.
Details and technical informations about Clos Figueras's Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Font de la Figuera Priorat Blanco from Clos Figueras are 2005, 2007, 2014, 2010 and 2015.
Informations about the Clos Figueras
The Clos Figueras is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Priorat to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The wine region of Catalogne
Cradle of Cava (~95% of Spanish output, traditional method): Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada trilogy, fine fruity bubble. Quality peak in Priorat DOCa: dense, mineral reds on llicorella (schist), old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena with black fruit, garrigue notes, firm tannins. Also Penedès, fleshy Montsant, sunny Empordà, Costers del Segre. Mediterranean.
The word of the wine: Fade
Wine lacking in sapidity, flat, soft and without character.
