The Story
The wine is a tribute to the monks of the valiant Carthusian order who arrived in what is now the Priorat in 1095 and began growing grapes. In 1835, a violent mob destroyed the work of a lifetime and plundered the Carthusian monastery. These events later culminated in the disentailment under Mendizábal. In 1996, the Torres family began planting vineyards on hillsides rich in slate stone known as llicorella.
Appellation: DOQ Priorat
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Wine Information
Production 1,340 bottles (37,5cl – available only in half bottle)
Alcohol level: 14%
pH: 3.10 g/L
Total acidity: 6.95 g/L (tartaric)
Residual sugar: 97.6 g/L
Precipitation: Annual total (current vintage): 491 mm
Temperature: Mean temp. warmest month (current vintage): 25,7 ºC; Mean temp. coolest month (current vintage): 4,9 ºC
Vintage 2012
SPAIN 2012 VINTAGE REPORT
The Control Board has given the 2012 Rioja vintage the official rating of ‘VERY GOOD’. The global rating reflects the heterogeneous nature of the vintage. The drought affected both grape volume and grape quality in some vineyards but also resulted in a significant quantity of wine of extremely high quality, in line with the wines of the two previous vintages, both rated ‘excellent’.
In general, Rioja’s vineyards...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2020 |
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| 45€ |
This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.