Mourvedre
AKA: Monastrell
This is a robust, thick skinned, warm climate grape variety that is most at home on the vineyard shores of the Mediterranean. Often seen in Rhone blends, it is most widely planted in Spain as Monastrell and makes a wine that tastes of brambles. With age, good examples can develop a real animal, feral-like quality.
Primary fruit character: brambles and blackberries
Secondary flavour character: meaty animal-like flavour, spicy, wet fur, graphite (pencil shavings)
Spiritual home: Spain
Home from home: Southern Rhone, Provence (France), California , Australia
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