Tasting Notes: Notes of blackberries, plums, and black cherries combine with spicy aromas of aniseed and clove. A full-bodied beauty with a distinctive mineral background and subtle notes of vanilla from oak ageing. More spice and red and black fruits on the palate like fig and brambly berries.
Region: Costers del Sio, Costers del Segre, Spain
Varieties: Syrah, Tempranillo
ABV: 14%
Closure: Cork
Vegan. Organic.
Pairing: Great with lamb cooked any which way or with Coq au Vin.
More Info: Costers de Segre is a small protected denomination in south-eastern Spain (Catalunya) in between Barcelona and Zaragoza. It's made up of 7 territories located around the Segre river and the Lleida Pyrenees. The climate here is continental with Mediterranean influences, providing ideal conditions for grape growing.
The Celistia red (meaning Starlight) was aged for 4 months in French and American oak barrels before bottling.