Priorat is best known for its beautiful red wines. Almost 90% of the plantations are red grape varieties that often produce powerful and complex wines. However, in recent years, the Priorat has also started to produce some very nice white wines.
The most important white grape variety in the Priorat, with 40 percent of the planting, Garnacha (or Garnatxa in Catalan) Blanca is a grape variety that elsewhere can often be called passive and even sometimes boring. In the Priorat, you will see that the white wines have a wonderful natural balance and finesse resulting from the climate and terroir. The white wines often show beautiful aromatic nuances, and a subtle but persistent acid balance with seductive aromas and minerality.
They are often blended with other permitted white grape varieties such as Macabeu, Pedro Ximénez, Chenin Blanc, Muscat of Alexandria, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Xarello, or Piquepoul.
In recent years, more and more white wines have been produced and there are also very nice ones such as Kyrie from Clos de l'Obac, Selma and Terra Vermella from Celler Nin Ortiz as well as Salix and Murmuri from Mas Doix. It is expected that in the coming years more and more white wines will see the light of day. Something we can certainly become very enthusiastic about.
The recommended and permitted red grape varieties of the DOQ Priorat are the following:
Recommended red grape varieties: Grenache, Carignan.
Authorised red grape varieties: Hairy Grenache, Tempranillo, Piquepoul, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Syrah.
The most commonly planted grape varieties in the Priorat are red. Carinyena (Carignan) and Garnatxa (Grenache) are the main indigenous varieties.
The harvest period is usually long: it begins around mid-September in Bellmunt and El Lloar and lasts until late October or early November in Porrera and La Morera de Montsant. The long fermentation period of very ripe grapes allows winemakers to obtain a range of very rich components from each grape, which makes possible a very extensive maceration period on the skins.
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