Winery:  Sandra Doix Celler                             

Region: Catalonia - D.O.Q. Priorat

Vintage: 2021                       

Bottle: 75 cl                                                    

Grape Varieties:  100% Carignan

Type: Red wine, oak-aged

Alcohol Volume: 14% vol.

Serving Temperature:  16º - 18º 

First vintage for the iconic wine of winemaker and viticulturist Sandra Doix. Vi de Paratge Les Salanques is an exceptional wine from the 6th generation of active agriculture, born from centenarian vineyards of the native Samsó variety (Carignan).

The wine has its origins in the Salanques paratge in the village of Poboleda, an exceptional vineyard of just 2.5 hectares of very old Carinyena vines growing on slate soils, some of which have been planted as early as 1902 and belong to Sandra Doix's ancestors.

The wine is made under the Vi de Paratge del Priorat classification, a new classification that seeks to highlight the uniqueness of the terroir and its origins by emphasising on the even purer essence of the wine and the characteristics linked to the specific orography, geology, and delimited microclimate from which it originates.

Production:

MarLa Vi de Paratge is a 100% Samsó blend. The grapes are individually selected both in the vineyards and in the winery on the selection table.

Fermentation takes place in stainless steel with the caps of the grape skins submerged for a slower extraction to enhance the aromas of the fruit. The wine is aged for 12 months in 225-litre French oak barrels.

Production total of 1119 bottles

Tasting Notes: 

Dark sherry colour. Complex and elegant with marked licorella minerality and spicy undertones. Attractive berry fruit, lovely freshness, menthol and chocolate notes. Palate of succulent red and black fruit. Juicy, very firm, fresh structure with good acidity and rounded tannins; warm, ripe; opens out with time.

Notes: Drinking beautifully now and over the next decade.

THE WINERY

Marla is Sandra Doix's deeply personal project, based in her hometown of Poboleda. A project that defends the origin of the autochthonous grape, based on the centenary carignan vines of the family vineyards for the elaboration of her high-quality wines. Sandra Doix is an oenologist and winemaker, the sixth generation of a family with a long winemaking tradition in the Priorat village of Poboleda.
The project is housed in the old family winery of Mas Doix, where she works on 5 hectares of her ancestors' very old vineyards, some of which were planted in 1902. Sandra is assisted in the project by her parents and husband, both in the vineyard and in the winery.

Sandra has created two wines in her first vintage of 2019: a Vi de Vila "Poboleda" and a Vi de Paratge. Wines that add value and defend the native grape's heritage and the singular vineyard where they come from.