2022 Roca del Crit Empordà Cariñena/Garnacha, Gallina de Piel

• Style: Off-Dry Red
• Taste: Red cherry, wild herbs, violet with fine tannins and sea-salt freshness
• Food: Roasted lamb, herb-crusted fish, Catalan seafood
• Occasion: Weeknight; Sunday Lunch
• Serve: 16–18°C, now through 2027
• ABV: 14.5%

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Red cherry and blackberry from old-vine Carignan lift into violet and wild-herb snap, underpinned by lively acidity and tannins fine enough to dissolve on the tongue. The 2022 vintage from Catalonia's punishing heat and drought yields concentrated fruit and poise—neither heavy nor austere, with a mineral precision married to coastal freshness that recalls the sea breezes of the coast.

The Winery — Gallina de Piel

David Seijas, formerly El Bulli's head sommelier, created this project to craft versatile and food-friendly wines from Spain's gastronomic northern regions. The fruit comes from two distinct Empordà microclimates: eighty-six-year-old Carignan vines in Rabós sit on slate facing the mountains, battered by the tramunatana wind that paradoxically protects quality by limiting yields. Younger Garnacha, planted in granite near the coast of Mas Marés, benefits from sea breezes that extend the growing season and build aromatic depth. Seijas vinified them separately—the Garnacha in stainless steel, the Carignan destemmed and aged ten months in French oak—before blending to marry mountain mineral precision with coastal freshness. The wine sits as proof that modern winemaking, when guided by genuine restraint and respect for place, need not erase the character that slate and granite imprint on a vineyard.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

This is a wine built for the table. Pair it with roasted lamb, herb-crusted fish, or the kind of Catalan seafood that recalls Seijas's years in one of the world's most demanding kitchens. The 2022 pushes alcohol slightly higher than 2021, a common signature of drought years, yet the acidity holds firm. Serve at 16–18°C; natural cork closure; drink now through 2027. Whether you've followed Seijas's career from El Bulli to his current work across Catalonia, Aragon and Galicia, this bottle explains his philosophy: versatile, food-friendly, rooted in indigenous varieties and the regions that feed Spain's finest tables. Explore more from our Cariñena selection and the broader Spain portfolio we've assembled.