Winery: Celler Vall Llach                          

Region: Catalonia - D.O.Q. Priorat

Vintage: 2010                                 

Bottle:  75cl                                                    

Grape Varieties: 80% Carignan and 20% Grenache

Type: Red Wine, oak aged

Alcohol Volume:  15.5%

Serving Temperature:  16º - 18º

Production: 

A blend of the two main local varieties, Carignan and Grenache, very old Carignan vines selected from centenarian vineyards.

Fermentation takes place partly in 225 and 500 liter wooden barriques and partly in 1000 and 2500 liters stainless steel tanks during 17-19 days at controlled temperature of  25 – 29ºC with daily pigeage and gentle remontage.

Ageing during 16 months in 225 and 300 liter light and medium toasted fine new French oak barriques.

Tasting Notes:  Extremely black fruit, very ripe, marked tannin, warm finish.

Notes: It is recommended to decant the wine. Drink over the next 6 – 8 years.

Celler Vall Llach, founded at the beginning of the 1990s, is located in the village of Porrera in the highly acclaimed wine region known as Priorat.  The Celler owns a selection of magnificent old estates – known locally as trossos- planted with 60 to 90 year old Carignan and Grenache vines, located on steep slate hillsides, receiving optimum sun exposure at a considerable height above sea level and unable to retain water. Vall Llach cultivates their old vines according to traditional methods, without the use of machinery. They also complement their stocks with the careful purchase of grapes from farms selected for their quality from among the oldest and most reputable of the Porrera and Torroja area.  In the early 90s, the celler had also started some new plantations intended to complete the Celler’s wine production, choosing the varieties of Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. A very limited part of these varieties will then be used to complete and soften the complexities and taste of  their signature wine Vall Llach. Although mainly theses grapes from these new plantations will be used for the production of the Embruix, the 3^rd wine of the celler and another part also of extremely high quality will help to define the second house wine: Idus de Vall Llach.