Winery: Ca l'Apotecari de Porrera
Region: Porrera - D.O.Q. Priorat
Vintage: 2020
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: 50% Garnatxa Negra, 25% Carinyena and 25% Merlot
Type: Red wine, oak-aged
Alcohol Content: 16% vol.
Serving Temperature: 14° - 16°
The second wine of Santi Puig at his project Ca L'Apotecari de Porrera, a cuvée of mainly Grenache combined with Carignan and a little Merlot, sourced from vines planted in 2002 in the vineyard "Los Perers", grapes grown under ecological standards on extremely rocky schist (Llicorella).
Vinification:
Manually harvested and selected both at the vineyard and at the sorting table. Fermented in stainless steel deposits at low temperature, the wine has aged for 12 months in used French Allier oak barrels. Bottled without filtration.
Production of 1086 bottles.
Tasting Notes:
A priorat wine with the freshness and typicality of its youth. Outstanding freshness, lovely round red fruit, spice, and minerality with rich flavours and structure.
THE WINERY
Ca L’Apotecari de Porrera, the project of Santi Puig, pays homage to his predecessor, his great-uncle Jaume, the last “Apotecari” of Porrera. It starts when Santi takes over the two plots of land belonging to his great-uncle: "Los Perers" and "Les Eres" at the beginning of the century.
"Los Perers" is located at 500 metres of altitude and has a very steep configuration that had to be terraced to make work possible and to effectively retain water. The soil is the characteristic slate, known locally as 'licorella'. A relatively low-yielding new planting of each of the four varieties—Garnatxa, Carinyena, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot—was added in 2000. Meanwhile, "Les Eres" is destined for white Carignan, as it is not yet ready for quality production.
Santi felt ready to launch his first wines after spending more than a decade working and experimenting at the Celler. Always bearing in mind to produce extremely limited numbers of very high-quality wine, so he pays close attention to agricultural techniques, cultivating the vineyards in accordance with ecological standards even if they are not certified.
