Winery: Bodega Álvarez Duran
Region: Porrera - D.O.Q. Priorat
Vintage: 2023
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: Garnacha, Carinyena, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
Type: Red wine, oak-aged
Alcohol Volume: 15% vol.
Serving Temperature: 15º - 17º
Production:
The wines are made with impeccable care and always with great regard to tradition, great passion, and deep respect for nature. Wines that capture the soul of the distinctive soil of the Priorat, with its characteristic pure fruit expression and a unique combination of minerality and texture.
Dual is a blend of five different varieties sourced from the estate’s two vineyards. Grapes are harvested by hand. Vinification in steel tanks with natural yeasts and long macerations of 25 to 30 days. The wine spends 14 months in the barrel and another three months in the bottle.
Tasting notes:
Deep black fruit aromas, ripeness, mineral tones, and floral touches. Full-bodied red, subtle oak and spice, fleshy with dark berry fruit flavours, keenly balanced in acidity with subtle layers of spice and toast, and a warm finish.
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 totaling 7 ha, located on the outskirts of the village, with vines growing on steep slopes and terraces on soil composed of the locally known as 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%.
