D.O.Q.
PRIORAT
Priorat is a small,
unique pocket of black hills where powerful, deep red wines
of superb quality have been made for over eight
centuries.
Located in the province of Tarragona, the DO leaped
to fame in the last decade after producers began to apply
new technologies in their winemaking. Since then
the vineyards of new 'french' varietals, planted at the
beginning of the eighties as well as native old vine
varieties grenache and carignan, have produced
the acclaimed
‘new Priorats’ . Today these wines have become
some of the best known not only in Spain but also
internationally.
The quality of the wines, both the traditional and the new,
is founded on a unique
microclimate and soil . It is this terroir and the
mixture of old and new wines that have made Priorat one of
the most closely watched European growing
areas.