Monastrell is a Spanish grape that later was found in France as Mouvedre in Bandol, Chateauneuf de Pape etc, Dulce is the late harvest offering of the estate slighty fortified like a port but in the case of the 1930 it taking on a Madiera/Sherry/Port combo feeling....the estate (Oliveras) has vines planted in 1872 and these contribute much to the wine, the current offering is 1998 and it can be found all over NYC (Chelsea Wine Vault has it $25ish) and its great...in 1994 the estate released 500 bottles of 1930, last month 60 of these made it to NYC, I was put in charge of 12, 6 were sent to Crossroads (the other 6 were missing:>) where it may still be at apox $60 (a bargin IMHO and a rare treat that may never pop up again as the family diidnt save many old vintages cause back than there was no demand, they may be saving some now for release down the line)
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- Skinny 10-02-2002 3:39 pm