- Vintage
- 2022
- Region
- Pla de Bages / Spain
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Mandó
- Type
- red
- ABV
- 14%
- Volume
- 75cl
- Aging
- 10 months
- Production
- Traditional
- Barrels
- French and American oak
Abadal Matís · 2022
Masies d'Avinyó (Abadal) is the amalgamation of a land reclaimed and restored to the wine-growing tradition of Bages (a name bestowed by ancient settlers, paying tribute to the Roman god of wine, Bacchus), the modern approach of its owners and the innovative, willing spirit of a young, enterprising team with a single purpose: to produce wines of quality and great distinction, and with an aspiration: to make wines that have their own defining character. Abadal Crianza is the most bourgeois of all the cuvées; it is produced predominantly from Merlot and undergoes a very traditional vinification. It brings us comfortably close to the classic Bordeaux formula: roasted plum preserve, dampness, animal scents of wild boar skin, leather and cow hide are the smells revealed on the nose; it is one the region's classics, with a delicate side, saline, fresh, dynamic but elegant, and coming up with a great explosion of plums on the palate. Abadal Crianza, a wine ready to conquer.
Picota cherry red
Great aromatic diversity, Ripe red fruit, Cherries, Blackberries, Spicy notes, Balsamic notes
Long, Elegant, Balsamic notes, Undergrowth notes, Chocolate, Tobacco
Meat rice dishes, Magret of duck, Iberian ham
Serve at 17ºC
About the vineyard[+]
It is widely believed that at the end of the 19th Century, just before the phylloxera outbreak, the area of vineyards in the Bages district (north of Barcelona) had become the largest in Cataluña. Once the phylloxera epidemic was over, many vine plantations were abandoned and it was not until the end of the 20th Century, with the arrival of the quality wine boom, that this once famous DO reinstated itself as one of the most significant wine-producing areas in the whole autonomous community. The Bages revival is basically down to the efforts of small and medium-sized wineries which have been establishing a particular identity through their wines and applying new technology to modernize production methods. Wine producers have discovered that, due to a lack of indigenous black grape varieties able to bring forth quality wines, they have needed to base their production on foreign grape strains such as Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. Nevertheless, these varieties have adapted extremely well and convey the philosophy of the terroir to perfection. When it comes to whites, Bages awards pride of place to its native Picapoll that gives rise to fresh, smooth, fruit-driven wines with considerable varietal expression. Other grape varieties often found and well-adapted are Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Gewürztraminer. The vine-growing area extends over land lying strictly within the district of Bages, around the town of Manresa. The majority of the vineyards are located in the central depression known as Pla de Bages, with loamy-clayey-sandy soils and surrounded by slightly undulating ground. Despite its distance from the sea, the climate is mid-mountain Mediterranean, with pronounced diurnal temperature variations, providing perfect conditions for grape ripening.