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Sindicat La Figuera 2022

Sindicat La Figuera

2022
Montsant tradition bottled by René Barbier
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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%
Production50,000 - 50,000 bottles

The wine

Sindicat La Figuera is a wine produced in the traditional way, without using oak, truly authentic and very easy to drink. It's a pure Garnacha from one of Montsant's coolest areas, floral, juicy, with a rustic touch and mineral hint. An absolute delight!

This wine is part of a project aiming to restore the production of wines undertaken by the Cooperativa Agrícola Aubacs i Solans in the 1970s. It's receiving input and assistance from René Barbier Junior. 

What does this wine taste like?

This red wine is a Picota cherry colour, fruity, juicy and fresh, with scents of ripe red fruit, Mediterranean herbs and spicy touches. On the palate it's supple and soft, with considerable aromatic intensity in the retro-nasal passage. It’s smooth, with a perfect balance between juiciness and acidity. Its tannins are extremely pleasant, a little rustic, but sweet, and it has a slightly liquorice finish. It conceals a mineral (chalk) hint which comes to the fore after a short while in the glass and takes on an omnipresent delicacy that only Garnacha from La Figuera can confer.

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic
View
Garnet / Raspberry glints
Bouquet
Redcurrants / Raspberry
Mouth
Fresh / Light

Drinking and storing

It doesn't need decanting. Let it aerate in the glass. Enjoy it as soon as released or for three years afterwards.

Serve between 14ºC and 15ºC

Food pairing

It works wonderfully well when partnered with rabbit stews and rice dishes, cooked meats, barbecues and pasta. A perfect every-day wine.

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Sausages and ham
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Poultry and white meats
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Starters and suppers

Ratings and awards

202291 PK
202191 PK
202090 PK
201990 PK
201890 PK
PK: Parker

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

The characterful and honest unoaked Garnacha red 2021 Sindicat La Figuera was produced in a very simple and traditional way—fermented with a short maceration in underground concrete vats, where the wine matured with abundant rackings. 2021 was a cool vintage, and the wine has 1% less alcohol than the 2020 I tasted next to it; this wine comes through as fresher and with better balance. It's more delicate, elegant within the rustic and straightforward style they look for, with very fine tannins and very clean and focused flavors. A great improvement. Production grew to some 60,000 bottles. It was bottled in August 2022 after maturing exclusively in concrete.

— Luis Gutiérrez (30/09/2022)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2021 - 91 PARKER

Customer reviews

4.1/5
32 reviews
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Winemaking

The wine-making process is carried out in the winery’s traditional concrete tanks located underground; it matures in them for 8 months.

Vinification materialCement
Ageing period8 months

Vineyards

La Figuera

The grapes come from one of Montsant’s coolest areas, from old vineyards of Garnacha vines aged between 30 and 80 years old.

Vine ageBetween 30 and 80 years
ClimateMediterranean with continental influence
Surface area30.00 hectares
Altitude575.00 meters