Red wine
L’Arenal Old Vine Monastrell Valencia DO
From a single parcel of old vine Monastrell grown on sandy soil made in old oak barrels of 900L capacity. This is a million miles from most Monastrell based wines: a little above medium bodied with strawberry and red fruit, minerality and sweet spice (nutmeg).
Country
Spain
Region
Valencia
production
Vegan
Alcohol level*
13.50%
Grape
Monastrell
€26.00
Availability: In stock
*Alcohol levels are indicative and may vary from vintage to vintage.
the producer
Can Leandro
Meaning the ‘House of Leandro’ this is fantastic little operation we visited close to Ontinyent in October 2019. Headed up by Gabriel Sanchis the winery is named after his grandfather who originally owned and planted his vineyards which became somewhat neglected in the 1950’s and 1960’s as people left the land to work in the local burgeoning textile industry. Gabriel (in his late twenties) has taken up the reigns and is making incredibly lively and authentic low intervention wines based on rare local grape varieties like Merseguera and Bonicaire.