L'Efecte Volador Montsant Red Blend

Vintage 2016 / warm, spicy, fleshy. At restaurant De Houtloods

Lot of mineral notes, slate, highly fruty, big body...

Pencil lead juicy but not sweet good length

Unbelievably reductive. After you get past that it is pretty good!

Really solid wine. Especially at this price. Fresh + bright + interesting

2013

I’ve been told by locals that Montsant is the region that makes Priorat style wines but at a better value (and they don’t mean that euphemistally, they do mean better value). On the map, it almost envelops Priorat. So far, so true. Raspberries and stone fruit predominate. Maybe a touch hot. Didn’t blow my mind, but it’s definitely a competently made wine from good grapes. I will definitely be back for this one.

On the tart bright side of monsant

Good depth and tension here

Fr, 06.05.2022: E-Vilafranca, Rest "el Borinot"