Winemaker Notes
Deep ruby-red in color, ÀN/2 has complex aromas of savory spices, wild raspberries, dark cherry fruit, and a hint of violets and smokiness. On the palate, the wine is silky and elegant with intense flavors of mature fruit. Well-balanced with a long finish.
This wine pairs excellently with pork chops, rabbit ravioli, or roasted leg of duck.
Blend: 65% Callet, 20% Mantonegre-Fogoneu, 15% Syrah
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The red 2020 ÀN/2 was produced with 60% Callet, 20% Mantonegro and Fogoneu and the rest a mix of other grapes—Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Garnacha—trying to keep the character of the local varieties but coming through as quite oaky after one year in 225- and 500-liter French oak barrels of different ages. It's medium-bodied and has 13% alcohol and mellow acidity. It finishes with a spicy and smoky sensation.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Anima Negra An/2 is an upfront and pleasing red wine. TASTING NOTES: This wine offers aromas and flavors of red and black fruits, and earth. Pair it with mildly-spiced, grilled pork chops. (Tasted: March 22, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.