Bodegas San Valero Plano Alto Garnatcha

Bodegas San Valero Plano Alto Garnatcha from Carinena, Spain. The ‘Plano Alto’ is fresh and inviting, in the nose aromas of black raspberries, wild cherries, pomegranate, sweet spices and fresh flowers jump out of the glass. In the mouth, this wine is lively with fresh red berries, flowers and spices. This wine is already accessible, but should develop nicely over the next 2-3 years.

Garnatcha, The most planted blue grape in Spain. Excellent for blending, although the best garnacha wines come from Priorato and are usually a monovarietal there. Garnacha is an important component of traditional rioja (usually up to 30 percent). In France, this grape is used almost exclusively as a varietal with other grape varieties. The Garnacha is a true Mediterranean grape that is addicted to the heat. The grape variety continues to follow the sun, regularly changing its name.

The vine is resistant to all kinds of diseases. The grape has a thin skin with little pigment. The grape prefers poor and dry soils with many (pebble) stones. Little tannin and sensitive to oxidation, so this is not a wine to keep. The Garnacha wines are characterized by a very fruity, almost sweet taste in which blackberries, cherry, kirsch, coffee, cocoa, figs and some pepper can be discovered. They contain little acid.