Albillo Real Vinos de Madrid 4 Monos Viticultores 2017

TASTING NOTES

The 4 Monos project, which means “4 Monkeys”, was established by four friends who met whilst hiking in the Gredos mountains. Married couple Javier Garcia and Laura Robles take care of all the viticulture and winemaking from a total of 10 hectares of vineyards, five of which they own. 2010 was the first bottled vintage but it was not until 2016 that the project became a full-time reality, as more vineyards became available and total production rose to 35k bottles. Based out of a tiny cellar in the village of Cadalso de los Vidrios high up in the Gredos Mountains an hour west of Madrid, these fabulous Garnacha-based wines are bright, racy, and crystalline – a product in part of the fine, decomposed granite soils on which they are grown.

A dry, floral wine from 4 Monos Viticultores, Albillo Real Vinos is made with 100% Albillo grapes and aged in oak barrels for 10 months. The 2017 vintage offers notes of baked apple, tart, dry quince, chamomile flowers, oat cakes and apricot throughout the palate. Try pairing this wine with roast pork, creamy mushroom pasta or honey-baked cod.