Josep Foraster - Brisat del Coster, Conca de Barbara, Cataluña, Spain (2023)

TASTING NOTES

White fruit, citrus and undergrowth. A beautiful soft entry on the palate that showcases the wine's great amplitude, tannins and electric flavours. Pastry notes, herbs, salt, slightly oily and a lot of texture. Yummy.

Brisat del Coster is a delicious orange wine made with 100% skin-contact 40 year old Macabeo (aka Viura) grapes grown organically on calcerous soils with a lot of boulder and slate. Located on the sunny slopes of the Prades Mountains.

It is fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Skin maceration for 21 days as a red wine. No added sulfites and no filtering.

For over 150 years, the Foraster family has been growing grapes and olives on their estate in the township of Montblanc, Spain. 

In 1998, after updating the vineyards and planting new high-quality red varieties around the property, father Josep Foraster and son Josep Foraster decided to build a cellar in an old farm structure and begin bottling wine there.

Josep Foraster Jr. tragically died in 1999, the same year the family's first vintage was about to hit the market. Josep's sister Julieta Foraster and her son Ricard Sebastià Foraster decided to take over the company and manage it from then on. 

All Josep Foraster wines are made with varieties grown on the estate and farmed using organic and sustainable viticultural methods. Their 29 hectare estate is planted with red varieties Tempranillo, Trepat, Garnacha Tinga, Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, and white varieties Garnacha Blanca, Chardonnay, Macaebo and Parellada.