Succés Vinícola Monopole 6-Pack Special

This one has it all. It's a love story. It's a story of wide eyed youthful innocence and enthusiasm. A story of triumph. It's a story of delicious wine!

Fresh out of school both Albert and Mariona (as yet unbeknownst to each other) only wanted to make wine. Both from grape growing families, Albert and Mariona wanted to do more than simply grow pristine fruit, they wanted to become conventional wine makers (though the wines would prove to be anything but conventional). They met when they were studying wine making in Tarragona and fell in love immediately, then they quickly set about deciding how they would rock the wine world.

Succes (the Catalan expression for an event) was born and they quickly formulated incredible wines, with the most striking packaging imaginable, each cuvee named after a significant event in their life. Experienca is 100% Parellada, a white grape made with a bit of skin contact, giving it magnificent texture, a bit of weight but still with terrific freshness. El Prat repeats the trick but is made with Macabeo from an old vineyard at altitude, super fresh but with layers of wild floral aromas and wild herbs. Patxanga is a savoury and unusual Rose that just screams out for lunch in the sun. 

The reds are all made from the mystical Trepat grape, and they are all wildly different, showing a spectrum of personalities. La Trompa is light in colour, but not flavour. This wine is reminniscent of a Jura red, light, spicy, great freshness. La Cuca de Llum is simply allowing Trepat be Trepat, bigger and more juicy than the Trompa, with that trademark spicy charcter. El Mentider is Trepat with a bunch of oak thrown at it. They all said it wont work, Albert and Mariona said "why not exactly?".

THESE ARE ENIGMATIC, BUT UNUSUAL, SHOW STOPPING WINES. THEY COULD BE CONSIDERED CHALLENGING, BUT THEY ARE DELICIOUS.