Pansal del Calàs

Sweet red dessert

70% Garnacha
30% Cariñena

Deep garnet color. Intense aromas of red ripe fruits. Showing a smooth and enveloping entry. The palate is ample and with a high flavour concentration, with lots of ripe dark fruits such as candied plums, cassis, dark cherries, red currant, and raspberry jam with toasty overtones (coffee and mokka aromas). Showing a perfect harmony of alcohol and acidity, the sugar balance gives a lovely, vibrant and enveloping mouthfeel. Very long aftertaste. A medium sweet wine with excellent depth and flavor.

The relatively low sugar level of this wine (compared to other Sweet Reds like Banyuls or Port) allows singular pairings with main courses such as roasted beef, game, roasted duck, stews, steak, oxtail, or smoked fois gras. Try it also with any kind of toasted and bitter flavours like coffee, nuts, pure black chocolate. Also good with fresh and mature cheeses. Or simply by the glass!

Premios Mezquita 2023:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2017: Gold Medal

La Guía de vins de Catalunya 2023:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2017: 9,25/10 pts

Premis Vinari 2020

  • Pansal del Calàs 1998: Vinari de Plata 2020 Vins Dolços, Rancis o de Postres

La Guía de vins de Catalunya 2017:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2012: 9,32

La Guía de vins de Catalunya 2016:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2012: 9,26.

Guía Peñín de los vinos de España 2016:

  • Pansal Del Calàs 2012: 90p

La Guia de vins de Catalunya 2015:

  • Pansal Del Calàs 2010: 9,18p. Llaminer, Potent i Elegant

“LA GUIA de vins de Catalunya”, 2014:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2010, 9.04p: Fresc/ Potent

“Guía Peñín de los vinos de España“, 2014, Spain:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2010 88p Vino muy Bueno 70% Garnacha, 30% Cariñena. Color borde granate, borde violáceo. Aroma intensidad media, fruta madura, fruta confitada. Boca frutoso, sabroso, equilibrado, buena acidez.

“Restaurant Wine” newsletter, by Ronn Wiegand, USA 2013:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2010, ★★★★ EXCELLENT quality: Pansal is a sweet, foritfied Grenache- based wine. It is full bodied, concentrated, and medium sweet; a wine with excellent depth and flavor (raspberry jam, plum, blackberry), with toasty overtones. Very long finish. Can be aged. From vines 45 to 85 years old: 70% Garnacha and 30% Carinyena. Aged in 18 to 24 months in French oak barrels

“Peñin Guide, Top wines from Spain”, Spain, 2013/2014:

  • Pansal del Calàs 2008  90p  Colour: cherry, garnet rim. Nose: ripe fruit, fruit liqueur notes, dark chocolate, cocoa bean, sweet spices, toasty. Palate: powerful, flavourful, long, balanced.

“Guía Peñín” de los vinos de españa 2013, Spain:

  • “Pansal del Calàs 2008” 90p Color cereza, borde granate. Aroma fruta madura, fruta al licor, chocolate, cacao fino, especias dulces, tostado. Boca potente, sabroso, largo, equilibrado.

“The Wine Advocate”, Robert Parker, USA:

  • “Pansal del Calas 2008”: 92 p Celler Capcanes produces a fortified wine called Pansal del Calas. The 2008 Pansal del Calas is a blend of 70% Garnacha and 30% Carinena aged for 18 months in a mix of new and used French oak. The wine is fermented to 12% alcohol and fortified to 16 %. It is a medium-sweet, dense elixir with a powerful, Port-like character. Rating: 92 points; Drink – ; Est. cost: $35; WA, nº 194, May 2011
  • “Pansal del Calas 1996”: 94 p “A taste of the 1996 Pansal del Calas (the first vintage of this cuvee) reveals that the wine is capable of evolving in the style of a quality Port. It exhibits an aged character in both its appearance and flavor profile. The wine is lengthy, complex, and a fine way to end a meal. Rating: 94 points; Drink – ; Est. cost: – ; WA, nº 194, May 2011”
  • Pansal del Calas´97”: 93 p

“Flüssiges Gold von Paula Bosch”, Genuss, Set 2012: Germany: Pansal del Calàs… a new star in the Spain sweet wine’s history… Celler de Capçanes, nowadays the best cooperative in Spain…

Wine Magazine“Perswijn”, Netherlands:

  • “Pansal del Calas´03”: 16 p

Wine-guide “Mondo-Weine der Welt”, Germany:

  • “Pansal del Calas´03”: 91 p

Wine Guide “Guia Jose Penin”, Spain:

  • “Pansal del Calas´05”: 92 p

VINIFICATION

Varieties are vinified together in stainless steel vats. In order to keep a high concentration of sugar, must fermentation is stopped by the addition of neutral grape alcohol. Maceration with the skins is long, of 30 days days. Soft filtering before bottling.

AGING

Aged for 15 months minimum in French oak barrels (light and medium toasted) of 228 L and 300 L.

VINEYARDS

Very old bush vines, from 60 to 85 years. Planted on slopes at an altitude of 250 m from sea level. Clay and granite soils.

VINTAGE

Late harvest: end of October
By hand in 20 kg boxes, and later hand sorted in the winery.
Yields: 250 to 1000 g per vine
20 hl/ha (Grenache); 25 hl/ha (Cariñena)

ANALYSIS

Alcohol: 16.5%
Sugar: 70 g/L
Tartaric acid: 4 g/l

TOTAL PRODUCTION

Approximately 6000 bottles (50 cl.)

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