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Scala Dei Garnatxa 2017
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£17.60

/ 0.75 L btl

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%

The wine

The Scala Dei Garnacha is a mountain Garnacha, grown at height, pure fruit and freshness, genuine, a Priorat, mineral so it couldn't be anything but, and complemented by a touch of rusticity. A very juicy and easy-drinking Garnacha, flavoursome and elegant.

If we wanted to paint a picture of this wine, we'd choose the colours blue and dark red. Owing to its freshness and depth, and due to the colours of its aromas and flavours: blue fruits (blueberries) — although some red ones too, but deeply-hued, woodland berries — violets, fruit pastilles and caramel, that intense sweetness so typical of the Garnacha. On the palate it's vigorous, with lively but ripe tannins, and extremely pleasant. It's very luscious and once swallowed, notes of bread can be discerned, of chocolate and raisins too, with that coarse, dry, earthy feel that confers quality and bestows a rustic character complementing its splendid freshness. It has really fantastic acidity, even though a young wine, and its great quality will enable us to enjoy it for several years. It's not only long on the palate, it'll be long-lived too.

The Scala Dei Garnacha is mainly sourced from the Maset, Parada, Closos, Escorial and Forsans vineyards, with vines ranging in age between 15 and 25 years old, planted on terraces, at high altitudes, some on red clay soils, which impart freshness, and others on slatey 'llicorella' soils, responsible for the wine's minerality and acidity. Small, open 7,000-kg tanks are used in the production process, and some of the grapes have not been destalked.

What does this wine taste like?

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
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Sweet
Soft
Acidic
View
Morello cherry red / Bluish glints
Bouquet
Higly aromatic / Red fruit / Liquorice / Smoky notes
Mouth
Rounded / Fresh / Pleasant tannins / Mineral

Drinking and storing

Serve between 15ºC and 17ºC

Food pairing

Entrecôte / Oven-cooked meats / Cannelloni / Roast suckling pig / Venison / Sheep cheese / Tapas / Serrano ham

Customer reviews

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Vineyards

Vine ageBetween 15 and 25 years
SoilLlicorella
ClimateMediterranean

The winery

Celler Scala Dei

Celler Scala Dei

Cellers Scala Dei is the founding winery of DOQ Priorat and a benchmark for quality even before the area was rediscovered in the 1980s. They are heirs to the tradition of the Carthusian monks, who selected the best payments in the region, and were the first to sell bottled wines, in 1973. Forgotten for a time, it has regained its vitality and has become one of the best references in the appellation since it became part of the Codorníu Group and the enology management was...

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