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Viinin Kuvailu
The Story
Franck Massard wanted to produce a wine from the Priorat featuring its best expression of terroir, minerality and preserve its freshness which often is missing in this region. For this, he has selected vineyards on steep terraces sheltered from the scorching sun yet sufficiently exposed to reach optimal maturity. The extraction are moderate and the wine nurtured partially in oak to confer stability and complexity yet above all, it is the freshly gathered berries that we wish to express in this particular wine.
Origin
3 villages Porrera, El Molar and Poboleda
Age of the vines: Between 20 and 40 years old
Grape varieties
60% Garnacha and 40% Cariñena
Technical data
Alcohol content: 14,5%
Acidity: 5,66 g/L
PH: 3,32
Vinification
The berries are collected in crates of 10kg capacity. Cool down to 6ºC to allow a cold maceration during several days. Fermentation takes place at 24ºC-26ºC and extraction method is applied by a combination of pumping over and punching-down.
Ageing
It aged for 12 months in used oak barrels (only French oak) with a light to medium Toast.
Tasting notes
This vintage is marked by heat and dry conditions which in our village in the Priorat (Poboleda) is not an issue when it comes to quality. The grapes were smaller than usual reducing yield but concentrated in aromatic compounds. As opposed to Montsant, the Garnacha was also lively and lending some flesh to the somewhat spicy-granular Cariñena.