Spain

Priorat

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Cork

This as-yet-unreleased wine comes from a 2.3ha plot of very old Carinyena and Garnacha bush vines in Porrera. There will be just 170 cases. The elderly and heirless owner only consented to sell the plot to Torres as long as the family allowed him to continue working the vines. It’s no deeper in colour than Perpetual, and gives off a cloud of light, fresh fruit perfumes. There’s a perfection of fresh berry fruit on the palate, an exploding grenade of blackcurrant and damson. This has intensity, purity, drama and poise, and structurally this is a Priorat of lacy finesse. As the acidity settles in on the finish, a fruit sweetness returns which owes nothing whatsoever to the oak treatment. There are fine tannins, but the excitement of the fruit throws them into shadow for the time being. Scored 93-96.

Carignan / Mazuelo

Grenache / Garnacha

Torres, Santuari de la Rosa, Priorat, Catalonia, Spain, 2016

This as-yet-unreleased wine comes from a 2.3ha plot of very old Carinyena and Garnacha bush vines in Porrera. There will be just

Torres, Santuari de la Rosa, Priorat, Catalonia, Spain, 2016

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