The Priorat D.O.C. appellation is located in Catalonia - Spain. In a magnificent and wild place, in stony and sometimes shallow soils, rich in reflecting schist and quartz, the work of the Priorat grape varieties, whose main town is Tarragona, reveals an extreme finesse due mainly to the Grenache and Carignan.
In this region, very hot in summer and cold in winter, the vineyards are located at different altitudes between 300m and 1,000m, which creates many microclimates with a rich potential. The most common grape variety is Carignan which develops all its particularities in the different terroirs of slate schist, we find Grenache, Syrah and Cabernet-Sauvignon which tends to disappear in favor of Carignan, indeed the latter grows in its environment of predilection the schist.
The red wines are on the whole structured with a beautiful harmony, remanence and minerality, the backbone is the Carignan with different expressions according to the terroirs, the altitude, the exposure and of course the hand of the winemaker. The new generation of winegrowers is very respectful of the terroir and the environment, most of them work in organic and biodynamic farming. The vines are ploughed with mules or horses.
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l'ermita 2017
there is even more cariñena in this warm vintage, and the varietal breakdown of the...
clos de l'obac 2017
at the end of the 1970s, the couple formed by the tarragona journalist carles pastrana...
raret esencia negre 2017
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clos mogador 2017 magnum
clos mogador 2017 magnum is a red wine from the priorat region of spain. clos mogador...
scala dei cartoixa 1982
cartoixa is where the two priorats meet, the typically dense and deep from llicorella...
clos i terrasses clos erasmus 2017
the just-bottled 2017 clos erasmus is a blend of garnacha with 25% syrah that fermented...