Costers del Priorat Pissarres

Priorat is an appellation high in the Montsant Mountains of Catalonia. Vineyards are planted as high as 1,000 metres above sea level on steep brittle slate slopes called costers. The skin or soil of these costers is locally called Llicorella and is made up of decomposed slate topsoil over layers of blue and reddish bedrock. These poor soils, incapable of retaining water are where Garancha and Carignan thrive. The latter is also known as Samso in the Catalonian dialect. The Pissares is 60% Garnacha and 40% Samso. It has been aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. The resulting wine is rich, ripe plush with dark fruits and silky tannins