A land with character –with an abrupt geography, terrain marked by the presence of llicorella, a specific micro-climate and native varieties– is what enables us to give our wines identity. Over this time, our work has been aimed at making the vineyard express the full potential and authenticity of the two most rooted varieties in Priorat: Garnacha and Carignan.
We are in a prime location for winemaking. Aware of this fact and encouraged by this exceptional environment, we strive to bring out the best of the vineyard to then, at the winery, finish our work making custom wines in small tanks.
Llicorella soils: rocky soils formed by Quartenary slate that contribute to all the uniqueness and minerality characteristic of Priorat.
Calcareous clay soils: where there is a predominance of sediments from the erosion and sedimentation of rivers.
Red soils: red clays common on the edge of the region which are widespread on some of our plots.
Red Garnacha: present in all our red wines, it is perfectly adapted to Priorat owing to its ability to withstand drought and “assimilate†heat. When growing it with low yields, it offers excellent concentration, smoothness and elegance. The nose has very subtle floral aromas. Growing it is a challenge, but when done right, it produces magnificent wines that are special and very characteristic.
Carignan: like Garnacha, it is very well adapted to drought and to the soil and weather conditions of much of Priorat. It has also become essential in our reds, as it perfectly complements Garnacha by adding enormous colour intensity, powerful tannins, structure and liveliness.
White Garnacha: it is the predominant variety in the blend of our pampered Morlanda Blanc. Resistant to drought and heat like red Garnacha, it is a bit more precocious in budding. It adds body and smoothness –traits of a red wine– to our Morlanda Blanc and transmits the complete expression of the soil where it grows.
Jaume Capdevila
Cellar Manager
2015 was a year of moderately high temperatures, but with a series of heatwaves during July, although in Ausgust cool evenings allowed the grapes to continue ripening in a normal manner. There was some rain during the harvest creating a certain amount of concern, but at least during this vintage the rains were not as heavy as in 2014, and were no major problems bring the crop in. 2015 was in fact a year in which the grapes developed in an absolutely perfect, healthy way.
Winter was cold and long, with some snow. It rained all the months of Spring, and in these conditions bud burst and vegetative development progressed without problems. During summer, temperatures were relatively cool, which gave slow, but balanced ripening process, helped by important variances between day and night temperatures. The grapes were particularly healthy. The vineyard plots selected for the production of Morlanda 2010 were harvested in the final days of September and the first few days of October.
2014 was a year marked out by a warm and promising Spring, followed by a completely atypical summer by Priorat standarts; much colder than usual, which lengthened the grapes` ripening times due to a particularly noticeable shortage of sun and light. On top of this, the mid september rains meant that we had to harvest very quickly to avoid the worst consequences of harvest time rainfall, namely rot and grape dilution. The rains arrived with the Garnacha already in the winery, but we had to pick the Cariñena particularly speddily, and with very careful selectiveness, as the rain arrived when we were already picking.
2014 was a year marked out by a warm and promising Spring, followed by a completely atypical summer by Priorat standarts; much colder than usual, which lengthened the grapes` ripening times due to a particularly noticeable shortage of sun and light. On top of this, the mid september rains meant that we had to harvest very quickly to avoid the worst consequences of harvest time rainfall, namely rot and grape dilution. The rains arrived with the Garnacha already in the winery, but we had to pick the Cariñena particularly speddily, and with very careful selectiveness, as the rain arrived when we were already picking.
Visita SWS USA
2014-04-09
El pasado 4 de abril visitó Viticultors del Priorat el Grupo SWS USA acompañados por Judit Llop y Eva Bertran; Pudieron catar algunas de las nuevas añadas del Priorat y disfrutar de un espléndido dÃa en la finca de Palells. Cheers!!
Nou premi als vins negres de Morlanda
2014-04-20
Una delegación de Suntory, nuestro distribuidor en Japón, visita las instalaciones de Viticultors del Priorat; Judit se encargá de enseñarles nuestros viñedos para después realizar una interesante cata en bodega: vinos en barrica, posibles nuevos cupajes... La visita finalizó con un almuerzo en El Celler de l'Aspic donde degustaron diferente platos de la zona perfectamente maridados con los vinos de Viticultors.
2014-06-30
Viticultors del Priorat
Partida Palells, Mas Subirà
Bellmunt de Priorat / 43738 Tarragona
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