(fermented in small stainless steel tanks and aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels) Inky ruby. Intensely perfumed aromas of ripe cherry, black currant, vanilla and candied licorice are complemented by suave incense and mineral nuances. Stains the palate with sweet black and blue fruit, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that tighten up slowly on the back half. Seamless in texture and impressively concentrated; smooth tannins lend shape to a strikingly long, mineral-driven finish. This highly impressive Montsant would stand up well in a tasting of serious Priorats.