Winery Josep Grau ViticultorVespres Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Josep Grau Viticultor's Vespres Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Sousão
Intensely coloured and structured reds with a dense purple robe, firm tannins and a powerful palate with high acidity, showing signature aromas of black fruits (blackberry, blackcurrant), spices, violet and mineral notes. Traditional component of Vintage Port and great Douro DOC reds, also of Minho Vinho Verde reds. Portuguese autochthonous black grape, identical to Vinhão and Galician Sousón.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vespres Blanc from Winery Josep Grau Viticultor are 2017, 2015, 0, 2014
Informations about the Winery Josep Grau Viticultor
The Winery Josep Grau Viticultor is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 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: Wooded
A set of aromas brought about by ageing in barrels (usually oak). This can be pleasant when, in small doses, it brings a touch of spice, roast or vanilla to an already constructed ensemble. When the violent woodiness dominates the wine, it is quickly tiring. Easily identifiable aromatically, it is sought after (to the point of abuse) by the makers of coarse wines. New World manufacturers and, alas, some French winemakers use oak chips to impart the woody taste, which is tantamount to artificial flavoring.
