Palate is stony yet laced with just enough citrus and tropical fruit to achieve a sublime balance

Soil Type: Limestone with loam

Expressive black cherry

and a touch of orange

Freisa is notoriously hard to cultivate - and over time farmers shifted and focused on grapes that are less risky to grow

Josep Grau Vespres, 2021 Maremma Palate is stony yet lacedDark berries, red fruit, purple flowers. Palate is silky with concentrated, elevated berries and a rustic, unique, edgy, unmanipulated character emoting vinification in concrete. The wine is a field blend of Grenache, Carignan, Syrah from 50 70 year old vines from several small plots in the southern area of Montsant. The field blend is a tribute to the growers of Cartoixa de Scala Dei, the monks who planted these varieties over 1000 years ago. Josep