Winemaker Notes
Grenache grapes from La Figuera produce wines with a unique color range, tender and fluid; with a fresh aroma, of flowers, orange peel, incense, as well as wide range of white fruit, citrus, very fresh. Its high alcohol content together with its extraordinary acidity, helps the wine to age perfect. On the palate it is soft, with harmony but the taste development goes in crescendo, and it leaves you with an exceptional aftertaste.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
An intellectual garnacha that is in the league as Comando G and Terroir Al Limit. Super fresh and tangy with twists of white pepper, mezcal, red berries and chalk. Fresh, medium acidity on the palate with fine, juicy tannins.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2020 was a very unusual year in Priorat/Montsant, rainy and warm with lots of mildew that decimated the crop, but less in the village of La Figuera than elsewhere, and here they lost around 20% of the volume. The 2020 Com Tu comes through as a little riper and with a darker profile of fruit than the 2019 despite having the same alcohol on the label (14.5%). It matured in well-seasoned 4,500-liter oak foudres even though they have already experimented with tinaja and even some glass demijohn, which will increase in 2021 (it was a small portion in 2020, but they feel it works for warmer years). The wine keeps the poise despite the difficulties from the year.
Grenache thrives in any warm, Mediterranean climate where ample sunlight allows its clusters to achieve full phenolic ripeness. While Grenache's birthplace is Spain (there called Garnacha), today it is more recognized as the key player in the red blends of the Southern Rhône, namely Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côtes du Rhône and its villages. Somm Secret—The Italian island of Sardinia produces bold, rustic, single varietal Grenache (there called Cannonau). California, Washington and Australia have achieved found success with Grenache, both flying solo and in blends.
