Winery CapçanesLa Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or pasta.
Taste structure of the La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone from the Winery Capçanes
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone of Winery Capçanes in the region of Catalogne is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone of Winery Capçanes in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone
Pairings that work perfectly with La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone
Original food and wine pairings with La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone
The La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone of Winery Capçanes matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb such as recipes of beef miroton, the real recipe for carbonara or lamb parmentine with eggplant and spices.
Details and technical informations about Winery Capçanes's La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone.
Discover the grape variety: Souzao
Intensely coloured, tangy reds with an almost black deep ruby robe, firm tannins and a dense, high-acidity palate, showing signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, cassis), black cherry, spice and balsamic notes. A traditional component of vintage Port, contributing colour and acidity, present in dry reds from Douro DOC, also grown in California. The synonym for Portuguese Sousão, identical to Vinhão and Galician Sousón.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Nit de Les Garnatxes Limestone from Winery Capçanes are 2018, 2017, 0, 2016
Informations about the Winery Capçanes
The Winery Capçanes is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 97 wines for sale in the of Montsant to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Montsant
Catalan ring encircling the Priorat (Tarragona): signature Garnacha and Cariñena as king reds — concentrated and sunny with notes of ripe black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant, plum), garrigue, Mediterranean herbs, liquorice and a mineral touch, fleshy tannins and a moreish finish, more accessible and fruity than Priorat. Syrah and Cabernet as backup. A few whites (Garnacha Blanca, Macabeu). DO (2001), schists ("llicorella") and clay-limestones, Mediterranean-continental climate.
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: Reasoned (agriculture)
Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.
