Winery Mas d'en GilClos Fontà Priorat
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 poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Clos Fontà Priorat of the Winery Mas d'en Gil is in the top 10 of wines of Priorat.
Taste structure of the Clos Fontà Priorat from the Winery Mas d'en Gil
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Clos Fontà Priorat of Winery Mas d'en Gil 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 Clos Fontà Priorat of Winery Mas d'en Gil in the region of Catalogne often reveals types of flavors of cream, cherry or oaky and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or blueberry.
Food and wine pairings with Clos Fontà Priorat
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos Fontà Priorat
Original food and wine pairings with Clos Fontà Priorat
The Clos Fontà Priorat of Winery Mas d'en Gil matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, traditional lamb couscous (from algeria) or duck aiguillettes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mas d'en Gil's Clos Fontà Priorat.
Discover the grape variety: Bertille Seyve 872
Colourful, simple fruity reds with a light purple robe, silky tannins and an airy palate with preserved acidity, showing undemonstrative aromas of red and black fruits. Early-ripening and productive. Now marginal, surviving in a few varietal collections and bearing witness to the history of post-phylloxera hybridisation in France. French black hybrid obtained in the early 20th century by Bertille Seyve, an interspecific disease-resistant cross.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Clos Fontà Priorat from Winery Mas d'en Gil are 2003, 2004, 2012, 2015 and 2013.
Informations about the Winery Mas d'en Gil
The Winery Mas d'en Gil 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: Plant
Smells present in certain wines and characteristic of the plant world. Heather, mint or blackcurrant leaf are considered pleasant, while herbaceous notes are considered a defect.
