Winery: Bodega Álvarez Duran
Region: Porrera – D.O.Q. Priorat
Vintage: 2021
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: Garnacha, Carinyena, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
Type: Red wine, oak-aged
Alcohol Volume: 15% vol.
Serving Temperature: 15º - 17º
Terroir X La Tercera is the debut of the winery in the Priorat, the first wine crafted by the winery with the vintage 2014, a blend of four different varieties sourced from the estate’s two vineyards.
Grapes harvested by hand. Vinification in steel tanks with natural yeasts. The wine spends 14 months in French oak. 3080 bottles were produced.
Tasting notes:
Fresh, elegant, mineral, blackcurrant aromas on the nose, lush and smooth on the palate, with masses of ripe black fruit, liquorice, cedar, and blackberries. A food wine that will stand up to big flavours.
Notes: It is recommended to let it breathe in the glass for a short time to achieve its maximum potential. Good ageing potential.
The Winery
Salustia Alvarez is the man behind the project of Bodega Alvarez Duran, a small family winery in Porrera, a village in the heart of the Priorat Region, the emblematic wine-making area in Cataluña. They produce small quantities of high-quality, singular wines from fruit sourced from very old vineyards inherited by their ancestors; two vineyards totalling 7 ha, located on the outskirts of the village, with vines growing on steep slopes and terraces on soil composed of the locally known llicorella, sheets of slate stones; “El Fonellas”, a tiny vineyard and home to the oldest vines, mostly Carignan, planted as far back as 1896, vines holding on very steep licorella slopes with a drop of 44% and west orientated; and “La Rápita” vineyard, where the vines are much younger, having been planted in 1996 and growing on slopes with gradients ranging between 21% and 52%.
