Descendientes de J. Palacios Palacios Remondo ‘La Montesa’ Garnacha 375ml 2020 Size::Half Bottle a cutting from the vineyards

a cutting from the vineyards of Domaine de la Romane Conti allegedly smuggled back into the country by an enterprising Kiwi in a pair of gumboots

The property has become a major emblem of Rhône

macerated on skins for more than 4 weeks with very gentle extraction using pump overs with a little punching down at the end of ferment to free the last sugar in the skins and fermented in tulip shaped concrete tanks

Warm and textured mouth finish

the wine is bright and tangy with racy apple and rhubarb acidity

Descendientes de J. Palacios Palacios Remondo ‘La Montesa’ Garnacha 375ml 2020 Size::Half Bottle a cutting from the vineyardsLa Montesa is the Palacios' name for the shovel nosed hill slope above the town of Alfaro from which their main wines are selected. Three passes yield the Viura blanco, the joven tinto 'La Vendimia' and its big sister 'La Montesa' which is aged in older French oak. It's just a little 'more' than La Vendimia more savoury, more mineral, more structured, yet still extremely gentle and open weave. It's all things to all people affordable to quaff, stylish