Companyia Vitícola Sileo is a winery founded in 2014 in Cornudella de Montsant, in the coolest, northernmost part of DO Montsant, at the foot of the Serra de Montsant. The project set out to express, through its wines, the voice of a singular and surprising terroir within a territory that forms part of Priorat's historic surroundings.
The vineyards, situated between 530 and 730 metres above sea level, grow on slate, calcareous and clay-calcareous soils and are planted mainly with the area's indigenous, historic varieties: Garnatxa Negra (Grenache) and Carinyena (Carignan). Some vines used for the Costers de Cornudella wine are between 20 and 84 years old.
Its wines include Esporreres, a 100% Garnatxa Negra from Cornudella's highest, coolest vineyards (up to 730 m), cherry-red in colour with red-fruit, vanilla and coconut notes and well-integrated tannins; and Costers de Cornudella, a blend of 93% Garnatxa and 7% Carinyena aged twelve months in French oak barrels and clay amphorae. Both wines have been selected as "wine of the month" by DO Montsant.
Imatge: viticolasileo.eu
Sources: domontsant.com · domontsant.com