The 2004 Finca L’Argata is 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. It was aged in French oak for 12 months. Opaque purple in color, at present the wine is tightly wrapped both aromatically and on the palate. It seems to have the right stuff but it will take several more years of cellaring to see if this wine pulls itself together.
Montsant, a relatively new D.O., surrounds the famous D.O. of Priorat southwest of Barcelona. Joan d’Anguera is a family estate dating back 200 years.
Importer: De Maison Selections, Chapel Hill, NC; tel. (919) 933-4245