Producer: Estriacus             

Region:  Catalonia - D.O.Q. Priorat

Vintage: 2018                                            

Bottle: 75cl                                                    

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

Type:  Red wine, oak aged

Alcohol Volume:  15% Vol

Serving Temperature:  16º-17º

Clos Les Fites is a cuvee of 9 to 35-year-old vines growing on the characteristic "Licorella" slate soils.

Production:

Selective manual harvesting followed by a selection process on the sorting table. Each variety ferments separately at a controlled temperature of 25–28ºC in both stainless steel tanks and French oak barrels. After 14 months ageing in new Allier 300-litre barrels, the wine is assembled and bottled, where it will rest for another 2 years in the cellar. No herbicides or synthetic products have been used.

Tasting Notes: 

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

Note: It is recommended to let the wine breathe or decant before serving. For consuming now through 2028.

La Perla del Priorat is one of the oldest wineries in Priorat. Its history dates back to the 15^th century, when it used to be an important Priorat monastery known as "Mas del Frares", occupied by the Carthusian monks of Scala Dei and surrounded by an extended vineyard from which 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 run 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.