Gente en Barcelona: Elia 2006

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"Balanced and with body"

D.O: Montsant
Type: Black with breeding 14,5%
Varieties: Black grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah
Aprox. prix: 10€
Producer: Ficària Vins, S.L.

Perhaps the "Coster" ("Coastal") term may induce a certain confusion and leads us to think about the edges of the rivers or of the sea, in spite of we really use it to name the vineyard that stays inclined, located in the lateral of a mountain. A configuration that favors the draining of the terrain in a natural way and pushes the grapevine to sink the roots in the ground looking for water, bringing mineral flavors into the grape and generating small grains, which concentrate the taste and which mature better. Its exploitation, however, is hardly machinable and it is usually laborious painstaking and of scarce performance.

Produced in a coster of the Montsant, "Èlia" is intense in smell and taste. Red-darked color and fruity smelling with marked alcohol, it looks balanced and with body in mouth. An interesting proposal.

Original article (Spanish): www.logbares.com
Catalan version in www.logbares.cat