*Grifoll Declara El Gos Garnaxta Negre*

Description

Grifoll Declara is a wine company that has over five generations of winemaking history behind it. Beginning as wine growers in 1736, their forefathers worked the same lands as they do now. The Grifoll family bought their first vineyards in 1880 and began working with the local co-operative in El Molar. It was in 1989 that famed Bierzo producer Alvaro Palacios began to purchase grapes from the family and it was in the early 2000s that they finally began producing their estate bottled wines which are only produced in the village of El Molar. To distinguish themselves from the Montsant D.O., Grifoll Declara founded in 2016 the Mountain Wine Appellation which differentiates their El Molar wines from the others. The family has built a second winery that is still in the same municipality. Roger Grifoll, is the winemaker and manages the family estate. While he was in secondary school, he spent his afternoons working with Alvaro Palacios and later on worked for Aforim selling corks and creating relationships across Spain. The Grenache Noir grapes (labelled Garnaxta Negra in the Catalan language) were grown sustainably and at an altitude of 180-220 meters above sea level in a mixture of clay and sandy soils. It had a three-day maceration in stainless steel tanks and spent three months in French oak barrels. Firmly structured with a full body and aromatic dark fruit.

Pairing

Roast beef, grilled pork belly, garlic butter lamb chops.