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Wine Tour, Monday
Our Peugeot Van
Sit still!
Whizzing by a hill town
First stop, Ficaria Vins with owner/winemaker Jaume, on the left, and our tour guide Josep.
the town of La Fuguera
Hiking up to the viewpoint
Jaume explains, Josep translates
La Figuera
On up we go...
Worth the walk - overlooking most of the Priorat DOQ.
Jaume telling us what we were looking at
Here's looking at us!
Back in town at the winery
stainless
Learning from Jaume. He didn't speak much English but he knew how to get his point across
Fermenting in clay pots
Checking the process
Oops, a stem.
And over there we have...
Time to taste
100% Grenache. That would be the Catalan spelling.
12 months in French oak?
Èlia, Jaume's 21-year-old daughter
Montsant is the wine-producing area that nearly surrounds the Priorat area.
All Jaume's wines were excellent!
We need some for our next Grenache-a-rama!
Soon it was time for lunch
We had a nice fixed menu lunch paired with some excellent wines.
A couple Grenache-based blends
I had the sausage app
Deconstructed and rearranged
Lamb for the main course
It was a quiet and scenic place
Greg and Skip found a couple old barber chairs to relax on.
Our server girl - she hustled!
Our ride
For a break in the action after lunch, we stopped at a monetary which is undergoing excavation and renovation. It's closed to visitors on Mondays but we peeked over the fence.
Parts of it looked ancient
It would be nice to have a time machine and see what these places looked like 500 years ago.
On up we go
Beautiful countryside
Not Grenache but what?
They were very sweet.
Ready for harvest
We stopped next for an olive oil tasting but the little plaza was shared with Scala Dei Winery, so we checked that out too.
We know the Catalan colors on the right. What is on the left? Scala Dei? Ladder to god? Stairway to heaven?
"The Oil Mill"
Olive oil tasting
Our final stop was a tour and tasting at Mas Doix Winery with our wonderful host Isabella
In the background is the third generation winemaker for Mas Doix, a small family operation.
Cleaning the equipment.
New French oak
Down to some tasting
Great wines and a great day!
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