Winery:  Altavins VIticultors            

Region:  Catalonia - D.O. Terra Alta

Vintage:  2017                                              

Bottle:  75cl                                                   

Grape Varieties: 100% Carinyena

Type:  Red Wine Oak Aged

Alcohol Volume:  14.5%

Serving Temperature:  14º - 16º

Production:  A single varietal wine, a Carinyena blend, from selected grapes sourced from vines of over 90 years in age growing on poor chalk and limestone soil. A genuine wine with great personality and a marked Mediterranean spirit. Hand harvested and fermented at controlled temperature. Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels and another 12 months in amphora.

Altavins is a small winery located in the Terra Alta D.O., southwest of Catalonia. It was founded in 2001 by Joan Bautista and Jordi Casado. Their vineyards are planted between 350-500 meters above sea level on a variety of soils, well drained, rich in lime and low in organic matter. The nature of the soils provides their grapes with an exceptionally high concentration of minerals, this together with the considerable difference of temperature between nights and days while the grapes are ripening maximises the aromas and flavours of the grapes. Actually, the winery produces a nice range of the highest quality wines to suit all possible tastes.  

Tasting Notes:  Intense aromas, infused with ripe red fruit, a distinct spiciness, herbaceous notes, Mediterranean herbs type and balsamic. Well-structured, complex with rich fruit flavors, warm and inviting, sweet tannis and good acidity. Finishing persistent and long

Notes:  A wine with good ageing potential. Drinking nicely now and over the next decade.