“Les Crestes” is a fresh, fruity, and expressive blend of 80% 20-year-old Red Grenache, 10% old-vine Carignane, and 10% Syrah. All culled from the steep, licorella soil vineyards. Fruit was hand-picked in small crates, then sorted twice at the winery and vinified by vineyard parcel. The wine aged nine months in fine-grain second-fill French oak barrels. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered.

This is a great introduction to Mas Doix, produced with the same meticulous care in the vineyard and winery as for their top offerings.

“The red 2022 Les Crestes has a more commercial approach, with some creamy notes from the élevage and the warmth of the vintage. It matured in a combination of oak foudres, concrete eggs and used barriques for four to six months. It’s a blend of 80% Garnacha and 10% each Cariñena and Syrah from llicorella slate and clay and limestone soils with good ripeness and a Mediterranean profile of aromatic herbs. It has 14.5% alcohol and a juicy palate with very good freshness and very supple flavors of ripe berries and dark spices. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2023.”
92 points, Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate, May 2024

“80% Garnacha, 10% Carinyena, 10% Syrah, mostly from steep, llicorella based vineyards. Ripe, well balanced and subtly complex, with earthy red fruits, crushed rocks, black pepper and undergrowth. Soft and friendly with a touch of fruit sweetness on the palate. 2024-2032.”
92 points, Tim Atkin, December 2023