Brunus 2008 is made from a blend of Cariñena 45%, Garnacha 35% and Syrah 20%.
Tasting notes: Intense and vivid opaque violet with bluish rim. On nose, fresh explossion of red and black fruit, enveloped in suggestive smoky tones. On palate, fresh, expanding progression, return of the fruity notes found on nose, combined with light lactic tones and the sweetness of toasted wood and smoke.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 89 points(01/05/2011)
The 2008 Brunus is made up of 60% Carinena with the balance Garnacha and Syrah. Cedar, Asian spices, incense, plum, and licorice aromas inform the nose of this supple, spicy wine. Easy-going on the palate, it is in need of greater depth and complexity.
Proensa Guide: 88 points(01/01/2011)
Evolution: 2013-2014 Food: Barbecue Argentina, rice with poultry. 35% Carignan, 35% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10 months in barrel and in bottle 4. Montsant good cut, with amplitude in the aromas and palate fresh and fluid. Thin nose and rich in nuances, with fresh fruit, floral and minerals. Body and nerve, tasty, balanced.
Peñin Guide: 90 points(01/01/2012)
Bright cherry red colour. On nose, ripe fruit, sweet spices, expressive, toasty. On palate, ripe tannins, tasty, fruity, balsamic.
Since 2001, in Priorat, near the villages of Bellmunt, el Molar and El LLoar, architect Alfredo Arribas has been developing the Clos de Portal wine project: restoring neglected terraced plots and banks known as 'costers', working with a wide assortment of grape varieties and clones, putting to use... the latest techniques in organic viticulture; all of which are reflected in the cutting-edge winery integrated to the landscape.
In 2003, he and Richard Rofes began the Portal del Montsant winery in the former winery cooperative of Marçà, a building dedicated to winemaking since the start of the previous century.
In 2007, the world famous enologist Stephen Pannell joined the project, bringing his immense creativity.
This new winery in Montsant is notable for its use of traditional varieties: garnatxa and carinyena, above all, which predominates in the south-eastern areas of the Denomination of Origen. The fine, aromatic and elegant wines take their name from the founder of the Carthusian order, present in the Priorat region from 1194 and which helped establish viticulture here.
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