Venus La Universal

Dido Montsant Tinto

2021

Catalunya

Spain

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VEH-nus LA OO-Ni-VER-Sall DIE-Doh MON-Sant TEEN-to

Varietals

Garnacha Blend

Flavors & Quality

Black Cherry

Tobacco

Smoke

Organic

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Palate Character

Tone & Backbone

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Tasting Notes

Medium-plus in body and acidity, there are notes of black cherry, bramble, and red berry fruit, followed by tobacco, earth, and iron. The wine follows with more subtle notes of licorice and soy in the persistent finish.

COLOR

Medium Red/Ruby

BODY

TANNIN

ACIDITY

SWEET

ALCOH.

13%

GRAPE(S)

Garnacha, Syrah, Carignan, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

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Why this wine made the cut…

A cerebral wine: makes you think as it evolves in the glass.

GRAPE VARIETAL(S)

Garnacha

Gar-NATCH-a

Grenache is widely planted throughout the world but some of the best expressions come from the southern Rhone, and in Spain’s Priorat. Grenache has small berries with thick grape skins resulting in dark, tannic wine in its youth combined with an almost ripe sweetness and elevated alcohol. Often part of a blend, Grenache offers a lot of fruit, spice, with floral and herbal notes.

Syrah

See-RA

Syrah is widely planted throughout the world, but that was not so until the late twentieth century when Syrah was principally grown in the Rhone Valley and, as Shiraz, in Australia. Stylistically, the Palate Character of Syrah can vary depending on ripeness from a rich Round & Fleshy, Tone & Backbone, to a Powerful & Extracted. The flavors and aromas can also vary with a dark, sometimes sweet, fruit character, varying amount of spice, floral, and earth, and smoke, and meaty aromas and flavors.

Carignan

Ca-ree-NYAN

In the past, Carignan was responsible for a lot of bulk wine because of its high yielding potential, but in the right hands it can make quality with intense red fruit, spice, and structure. Often blended with other grape varietals, old vine Carignan can yield rich red fruit driven wines at bang for your buck price levels.

Merlot

Mer-LO

It would be easier to detail where Merlot is not grown than vice-versa, as it is one of the most widely planted grapes in the world. Depending on the terroir, the style can vary quite a bit. Generally, Merlot is fleshy and more fruit driven and with less aggressive tannins than its oft more austere blending partner, Cabernet Sauvignon, which also makes it more accessible in its youth. The quality and character can vary from crowd pleasing sweet plummy fruit to extraordinary complex velvety texture of a great right bank Bordeaux.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Ca-ber-NAY So-vee-NYON

Cabernet Sauvignon origins are from the Gironde in southwest France, but is now planted across the world in climates that accommodate this late ripening grape. It is the dominant grape in wines made in Bordeaux’s Médoc and Graves regions. This small, thick-skinned grape, produces darkly colored wine, high in tannin and relatively high in acidity with hallmark aromas of blackcurrant and can stylistically change from austere in its youth to lush depending on the region, and winemaking style.

Country / State

Spain

Region

Catalunya

Producer

Venus La Universal

Winemaker(s)

Sara Pérez and René Barbier

Vintage

2021