Il Nino Tinto 2020

A red wine from Montsant, Spain, made from Syrah by Dosterras. The small thirty-year-old vineyard stands on calcareous soil. The wine is a pure expression of the grape, with a wilder nose showing unripe fruit and green herbs, plus cherry and blackcurrant, good freshness, liquorice and cocoa. The palate has a soft attack with a balance between freshness and tannins, and the finish is on fresher, juicy fruit. It is concentrated and full. Dosterras was founded in 2013 by Fernando Grajales, then 26 years old, who saw the potential of the Montsant region. He bought parcels of old vineyards and worked with oenologist Noemi Javierre to produce a pure expression of the region. The winery is in Marca, less than three kilometres from Priorat, and a new state-of-the-art winery with a fully underground cellar and gravity transfers was built in 2019.