Version 2022 Weingut Wolf with firmer tannin and a

with firmer tannin and a savoury length

Pairs well with oysters

The vines are gobelet-pruned and densely planted

red-fruited and peppery

where the vines share their ground with woodland and moorland

Version 2022 Weingut Wolf with firmer tannin and aRecerca means research in Catalan, which is a fair description of how Jessica Albero and Laurent Pujol approach the seven hectares they farm between Vingrau and Paziols, in the Catalan country north of Perpignan. Nothing is added during fermentation, sulphur least of all, and everything goes into bottle unfined and unfiltered. Version is a red that reads as southern without the heat that usually implies. Dark cherry and garrigue herbs, a fine dusty