Prats (finally) does Monastrell

It is not surprising to hear that Bruno Prats of Cos d’Estournel fame is making wine north, south, east and west, be it in Portugal, South Africa or Chile. But what I had not heard is that he already has wine from Spain under his belt. Well, it is bottled and labelled, and ready for sale, but nobody had heard about it in Spain.

I met with the winemaker and partner in this project at a Madrid restaurant to try the wines, and we bumped into one of the main wine distributors in Spain, a partner of Telmo Rodriguez. He...