- Producer
- Portal del Priorat
- Grape variety
- Carignan
- Region
- Priorat & Montsant
- Country
- Spain
- Vintage
- 2019
- Alcohol
- 14 % vol
- Volume
- 0.75 l
- Item no.
- 9930001654
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La Solana dels Marges 2019
Single-varietal Carignan from a plot in Priorat planted in 1911, farmed biodynamically and aged in a single cask.
CHF 103.50
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About this wine
Character
La Solana dels Marges 2019 by Portal del Priorat is a single-varietal Carignan from one single old plot in Priorat, deep cherry red in the glass. The bouquet is intense and clear: notes of iron, dark fruit, along with floral and herbal aromas. A cool minerality grounds the wine.
Terroir and origin
The vineyard sits at 370 metres above sea level on a steep, northeast-facing slope with Priorat's characteristic llicorella schist soils. Clos del Portal farms it biodynamically. Alfredo Arribas, an architect in Barcelona before turning to winegrowing, keeps yields at the estate to around one kilogram of grapes per vine.
Grape variety and vinification
The bush vines were planted in 1911 with Cariñena, as Carignan is known in Catalonia. The grapes ferment with the stems and with wild yeasts, after which the wine ages for 18 months in a single foudre of French oak. Winemaker Juan Asens works with minimal use of sulphur and no new barriques. 14.0% vol., dry.
On the palate
Concentrated, yet not heavy. The abundant tannin is ripe and fine-grained, without any astringency, the acidity lively and alert. Electrifying freshness and tension meet the power and ripeness of Priorat, and the finish vibrates and lingers for a very long time.
Food pairings
Skewered lamb and mushrooms, oven-roasted or grilled, with Mediterranean herbs. Also escalivada, the roasted vegetables served cold.
Special features
One vineyard, one vintage, one cask: this wine shows what Cariñena from vines over a hundred years old is capable of. The days when this variety was dismissed as rustic are long gone.
