Leaving El Molar and heading north into the Montsant Mountains on the T-730 will lead you to the village of La Figuera and its Ermita de Sant Pau, with a view that, on clear days, allows one to see the seven surrounding provinces. While any drive into the mountains with the promise of a stunning view is enticing enough, what brought Dominik and Tatjana here is a high-elevation, old-vine vineyard of Garnatxa Fina, a large-berried and thin-skinned variation of Garnatxa. With red-clay soils interlaced by layers of gypsum, this site was reminiscent of Les Manyes, making for their most Pinot-esque version of pure Garnatxa. Unlike Pinot’s many broken promises, however, this site consistently delivers.
