Josep Maria Vendrell Montsant Sere 2023 Region:Catalonia For long-time fans of Henri

For long-time fans of Henri Giroud

Very pleasingly rich but within a (very obvious) tannic framework

lemon and gooseberry lead to a bracing

As he puts it: “Only the vineyard

Altxor’s take is made from the native Hondarrabi Zuri grape

Josep Maria Vendrell Montsant Sere 2023 Region:Catalonia For long-time fans of HenriThis is Josep Maria Vendrells fourth vintage. A young winemaker with long and bright future, he farms 17 hectares of wines in the mountains of southern Catalonia, where the most famous wines are the rich, savory, deeply carved reds of Priorat. Montsant surrounds Priorat on four sides. The clay and schist teruno (terroir) is wilder, and the stakes are a little lower, so if Josep Maria wants to pick his grapes a little earlier than his neighbors, and if