Vins De Mas Sersal “Vine” Blanc – DO Terra Alta

Vins De Mas Sersal “Vine” Blanc – DO Terra Alta. 80% Garnatcha Blanca & 20% Macabeo from Tarragona, Spain. This grape often produces powerful wines with lots of alcohol. The wine is often light yellow to green in color. The taste is mostly dry, soft and fruity and often has little acidity. In the fragrance you can find aromas of anise, dill, fennel, flowers, but also white nectarine. The wines are sometimes imposed on wood.

Garnatcha, The most widely planted blue grape in Spain. Excellent for blending, although the best Garnacha wines come from Priorato and are usually 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 cépage with other grape varieties. Garnacha is a true Mediterranean grape that is addicted to the heat. The grape variety always follows the sun, and regularly changes its name in the process. 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 for laying down. 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.

Macabeo: prefers a warm and dry climate (is susceptible to rot in a wet climate). Mainly grown in Northern Spain (where the grape is also called Viura). In warm regions the wines reach a higher alcohol content than in humid regions. Macabeo is round, fine and fruity in taste. Also used as a base for sparkling wines. In Rioja known as Viura and in France as Maccabeu.