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Priorat is a Denominació d'Origen Qualificada (DOQ) for Catalan wines produced in the Priorat county, in the province of Tarragona, in the southwest of Catalonia. The DOQ covers 11 municipalities. It primarily produces powerful red wines, which came to international attention in the 1990s.
Clos Erasmus is a Catalan winery in the Priorat wine region. The wine is a blend of Grenache and Syrah grapes grown with biodynamic viticulture. [1] The Clos Erasmus 2004 vintage was scored 100 points by influential wine critic Robert Parker and its average price is €975 per bottle. [2] The 2013 Clos Erasmus is mostly Garnacha (Grenache) and ...
The Priorat DOQ has been producing wine since the 12th century when Carthusian monks planted a vineyard and established the priory of Scala Dei from which the region took its name. [9] The area is known for its Carinyena and Garnatxa based wines made from old, low yield vines that average 0.3 tons an acre (5 hl/ha).
Grenache is the dominant variety in most Southern Rhône wines, especially in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where it is typically over 80% of the blend. In Australia it is typically blended in "GSM" blends with Syrah and Mourvèdre with old vine examples in McLaren Vale. In Italy, the Sardinian D.O.C. wine Cannonau di Sardegna is by law 90% local ...
Clos Mogador produces estate bottled wines in Gratallops, Catalonia in the DOQ Priorat. Founded in 1979 by René Barbier III and his wife, Isabelle Meyer, the winery was part of a new wave of "Clos" wineries that released their first joint 1989 vintage to great acclaim. [ 1] They have gone on to garner impressive scores by wine critics and have ...
Priorat has an area of 496 km 2 and is bordered by the River Ebro, and by the comarques of Ribera d'Ebre, Baix Camp, les Garrigues, and Conca de Barberà.The region is mostly hilly, and in the extreme north of the comarca is the Montsant mountain range, rising to over 1000 m; the south is bordered by the Mola de Colldejou and the mountain ranges of Serra de Llaberia and Serra de Santa Marina.
Spanish wine (Spanish: vino español or vino de España) ... Rioja was the first region afforded this designation in 1991 and was followed by Priorat in 2003. In 2008 ...
www .falset .org. Falset ( Catalan pronunciation: [falĖset]) is the principal village of the comarca of the Priorat, in Catalonia, very famous for its wine. It has a castle and two palaces (Medinacelli and Azahara). It is located about 30km inland from Salou on the N420 road. The old winery of Falset, also known in Catalonia as one of the Wine ...