Deep, bright-rimmed ruby. High-pitched redcurrant and wild strawberry aromas, with delicate floral and mineral notes gaining strength with air. Fresh and precise, offering deeply concentrated red berry and cherry flavors, with supple texture and a huge jolt of minerality on the back. Became more exotically floral with air, finishing broad and long, with noteworthy clarity. An extremely complex wine that is more about balance and finesse than brute strength.
Priorat
This tiny region on the Catalonian coastal hinterland produces some of Spain’s most prestigious red wines. The region has only 1,800 ha of vines covering steep terraces and plateaus up to 900m featuring both granite based soils and unique shale based ”llicorella” soils. Priorat experiences warm to hot days with cool evenings producing wines of great intensity, colour and ripeness. Over the past 20 years, Priorat’s vineyards planted to Garnacha, Carinena, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir, have been slowly revived with great success, producing a new wave of powerful, rich reds, some with generous new oak characters.
