Log in or create an account now and be a part of the world's largest wine site: research, rate and review wines; buy online; receive personalized recommendations.
Francesc Sanchez Bas Montsalvat(2001)
- Winery:
- Francesc Sanchez Bas
- Varietal:
- Region:
- Spain > Catalunya > Priorat
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- blue, hard cheese, red grape, oak - heavy, purple, marzipan, oak, resinous, mineral, huge
-
Source:
Wine.com
- The Wine Advocate rating: 95
-
Source:
Wine.com
- The 2001 Montsalvat is a gargantuan effort composed of 70% Carinena from 70- to 80-year-old vines and 30% Garnacha of the same age with yields of less than a ton per acre. The wine was aged 16 months in new French oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered. The color is a nearly black/purple with a huge nose of marzipan, mineral, vanilla, and wild blue and blackberries. Full-bodied, the wine has an untamed, rustic feel on the palate with layered, opulent blue and black fruits as well as a balsamic note, and a splendid integration of oak, acid, and tannins. Give this wine a few years in bottle for further evolution read more...
-
October 2008
- The 2001 Montsalvat is a gargantuan effort composed of 70% Carinena from 70- to 80-year-old vines and 30% Garnacha of the same age with yields of less than a ton per acre. The wine was aged 16 months in new French oak and bottled unfined and unfiltered. The color is a nearly black/purple with a huge nose of marzipan, mineral, vanilla, and wild blue and blackberries. Full-bodied, the wine has an untamed, rustic feel on the palate with layered, opulent blue and black fruits as well as a balsamic note, and a splendid integration of oak, acid, and tannins. Give this wine a few years in bottle for further evolution read more...
