Winery: Bodega Alvarez Duran                                                    

Region: Porrera, D.O.Q. Priorat                                 

Bottle: 37.5 cl                                                    

Grape Varieties: Garnacha, Carinyena and Syrah,

Type:  Red wine, oak-aged

Alcohol Volume: 17.5% vol.

Serving Temperature: 4º - 6º

Production:

Néctar de los Ángeles is a natural sweet wine, from dehydrated grapes harvested at the end of November, with a high concentration of sugar content. A blend of three different varieties sourced from the estate’s vineyards, growing on licorella soils on steep slopes and terraces.

Grapes harvested by hand. Made from a blend of wine bases from different harvests: 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2017. Part of the sugar is fermented until reaching 17 degrees of alcohol and a sugar concentration of 80 g/l.

Tasting notes:

Cherry color, very smooth and delightfully fruity – creamy candied fruit, spiciness, warm, silky textured, ripe fruit, sweetness with a clean, fresh finish.

Notes: Ideal with blue cheeses, foie gras and meats

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 craft small quantities of great quality and singular wines using fruit from very old vineyards inherited by their ancestors, two vineyards with a total of 7 ha. located in 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 planted as far as 1896, mostly Carignan vines holding on very steep licorella slopes with a drop of 44% and west orientated. And “La Rapita” vineyard, here the vines are much younger, planted around 1996 and growing on slopes with gradient ranging between 21% to 52%.