Winery: L'Antic Magatzem
Region: Porrera - DOC Priorat
Vintage: 2024
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: 40% Carignan, 20% Grenache, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot.
Type: Red barrel-aged
Alcohol Volume: 13.5% vol.
Serving Temperature: 16º - 18º
Coratge de Cal Pagès is the winery's most youthful and versatile wine. A wine that seeks to express the purity of the fruit. It is an ideal introduction to the exciting world of Priorat wines.
Produced by L'Antic Magatzem, a small family-run winery located in the village of Porrera in the acclaimed Priorat wine region. It is a young project with deep roots in the region. It was set up in 2022 by Adriá Domenech Simon, a young winegrower and the sixth generation of a family of winegrowers, the Cal Pagès family, who, for decades, have cultivated and cared for the family lands, ensuring that their legacy is passed down from generation to generation in "its best form".
Adriá is the first generation in the family to take the step of making his own wine using the grapes from the family vineyards, which were previously sold to other producers. To develop his project, he built the winery in the basement of his mother's family home, Cal Simó, in a space that had previously been used as a warehouse, hence its name, "magatzem".
Adriá crafts all the wines from the family estate grapes, located in the district of Porrera: "Les Sentius" and "El Bosc". Despite being such a young winery, it has already received numerous awards for the quality of its limited-production wines.
Production:
The grapes come from the estate vineyards in the area of "Les Sentius i el Bosc". Vines between 20 and 25 years old planted on south-facing slopes (Costers) in llicorella soils.
The wine is aged for 6 months in used French oak barrels.
Limited production of 3600 bottles.
Tasting Notes:
Lively and bright red colour. The nose is dominated by fresh red fruit scents; plum and a hint of violet intermingle with the mineral notes provided by the llicorella. On the palate, it shows freshness all the way till the end. The wine's fine tannins and right acidity, coupled with the aromas of ripe, fresh red fruit, make it an excellent experience to get to know the Priorat wines.
