WINE CLOS LES FITES 2016

Producer: Estriacus             

Region:  Catalonia - D.O.Q. Priorat

Vintage: 2016                                            

Bottle: 75cl                                                    

Grape Varieties: 55% Grenache, 25% Carignan and 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Type:  Red wine, oak aged

Alcohol Volume:  15%

Serving Temperature:  16º - 17º

Production: The cuvee is blended from 9 to 35 years old vines growing on the characteristic “Licorella” slate soils. Selective manual harvesting followed by a selection process on the sorting table. Each variety ferments separately at controlled temperature of 25 – 28ºC in both stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels. After 14 months aging in new Allier 300 L. barrels the wine is assembled and bottled where it will rest for another 2 years in the cellar. No herbicides nor synthetic products have been used.

Tasting Notes:  Full bodied red, displaying plenty black cherry fruit with subtle oak, spice, and leather. Concentrated yet transmits elegance and the tipicity of the Priorat wines. Ripe, warn tannins.

Note: It is recommended letting the wine breathe or decanting before serving. For consuming now through 2028

Being one of the oldest wineries in Priorat, the history of La Perla del Priorat dates back to the 15^th century, when it used to be an important Monastery of Priorat known as “Mas del Frares”, occupy by the Carthusian Monks of Scala Dei and surrounded by an extended vineyard from where the monks blended their wines almost to the end of the 19^th century when it was abandoned by the Monks. The winery was owned and runned by the family of Count Pirenne, who in 1998 bought “Mas dels Frares” along with an extra 100 hectares of land, replanting the vineyards that had already by then vanished to elaborate their four wines which were produced at La Perla del Priorat. Actually the new owners Miquel and Montse, under the name of Estriacus, are very proud to continue with this prestigious tradition.