Wine
Wine
Red, white, rosé - then the newcomer enters into dimensions of crimson, cherry tones, straw yellow, golds...
To capture the character of the wines in the Priorat region, one has to have lived through the experience of the tender greens in springtime; grenache tinged with the purples of the setting sun; copper mountains spoken of by poets; silver olive trees mingled with the vines.
They say that the wines live, that within each bottle there is the winter, spring, summer and autumn of every harvest. Each one contains the longed for rains, the harsh heat, the biting cold… Every bottle carries within it the explosions of the fermenting process, the days of rest in barrels within the quiet shade of the cellars.
[read more]
To capture the character of the wines in the Priorat region, one has to have lived through the experience of the tender greens in springtime; grenache tinged with the purples of the setting sun; copper mountains spoken of by poets; silver olive trees mingled with the vines.
They say that the wines live, that within each bottle there is the winter, spring, summer and autumn of every harvest. Each one contains the longed for rains, the harsh heat, the biting cold… Every bottle carries within it the explosions of the fermenting process, the days of rest in barrels within the quiet shade of the cellars.
[read more]
One Region: Two Designations of Origin.
The region of the Priorat has two wine designations of origin or wine appellations, the DOQ Priorat and the DO Montsant. (DOQ - Denominació d’Origen Qualificada; DO – Denominació d’Origen) The DOQ Priorat is the elder of the two and was established in 1954, grouping together the territory that used to belong to the Prior of the Carthusian monastery of Santa Maria d’Escaladei. The soil has a high proportion of shale, known locally as llicorella. Nowadays, the DOQ Priorat has a place amongst the great wine growing regions of the world. [read more]
The DO Montsant or wine appellation
Within the territories of the DO Montsant, wine is synonymous with a life of hard work, tenacity and hope. The importance of cooperation and the growth in the number of wineries in recent years is clear proof of this. [read more]
The DOC Priorat or wine appellation
The DOQ Priorat covers a small region of fewer than 20,000 hectares, of which only 1,600 hectares are planted with vines. The landscape is abrupt and challenging, or in the words of the Catalan writer, Josep Pla, ‘cataclismatic’. Working the vineyards is a complicated, demanding and costly undertaking, and the vines produce very little compared to those of other wine regions. [read more]
La llicorella, veritable protagonista del Priorat
El Priorat posseeix un tipus de sòl molt poc freqüent a la península ibèrica. Es tracta d’un tipus de pissarra d’època Carbonífera que ocupa gran part del centre de la comarca i que aquí és coneguda amb el nom de llicorella o llecorell. [read more]
Vinyes grimpadores
L’orografia del Priorat no és amable. Un terreny accidentat, de barrancades que tallen l’alè, format per petites valls envoltades de turons de diversa alçada, que conformen un amfiteatre protegit per serralades que l’aïllen de les comarques veïnes.
[read more]
[read more]
- February 2012
-
11
-
12
-
19
- March 2012
-
4
- April 2012
-
22
Location
The Priorat county or region is to be found to the south of Catalonia in the Tarragona province. Weather
Min: -2°C
/
Max: 5°C
Tuesday 7 February
Tuesday 7 February
Min: -2°C
/
Max: 3°C
Wednesday 8 February
Wednesday 8 February
Activities
-
Olive oil route
The Olive oil of the Priorat is a superb oil. We would like to invite you to get to know how it is made, its characteristics and the various oil mills or presses which make up the Olive oil Route. In total we have six mills which are members of the route where visitors can try our very best extra virgin olive oil.
[read more] -
Subscribe to the newsletter
If you would like to receive information about the Priorat, please sign up here
