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Alvaro Palacios
One of nine children born to the
owners of Rioja’s respected
Palacios Remondo, Alvaro PRIORATO
studied enology in Bordeaux, Priorato is Spain’s most traditional and yet most modern, exciting region. In the tiny village of
while working at Ch. Pétrus.
Alvaro could have returned to the Scala Dei, wine styles have hardly changed in 500 years. Down below, modern waves of wine tip
security of his family’s domaine. the auction scales toward record prices. Schist soils, steep hillsides, narrow, craggy vineyards,
But instead, he was drawn to the high elevation, extremely low yields and a cool and windy growing season have made Priorat
remote and seductive Priorat, arguably Spain’s greatest niche, high quality growing area. In 2003, Priorat became only Spain’s
with its unique terroir of steep
hills and terraces. He acquired second DOCa after Rioja.
his first vineyard, Finca Dofí, in
1990, and the prized L’Ernuta in
1993, both on steep slopes of
Priorat’s famous Licorella soil.

Alvaro Palacios rarewineco.com
Alvaro Palacios Priorat Camins del Priorat 2018 $239.90 91JS
Feixa Negra Alvaro Palacios Priorat Les Terrasses 2017 $419.90 92JS, 91WS
A classic Garnacha/Carignan Alvaro Palacios Priorat Gratallops 2016 $575.90 93VN
blend from Cofama. The name
Feixa Negra is inspired by Alvaro Palacios Priorat Finca Dofi 2017 $863.90 94JS
stunning vineyard terraces
reinforced with stone walls, which
are quite common in the region of
Priorat. In Catalan they call these
walls “Feixa”, made black by the
famed Licorella soils. An amazing
value!
Feixa Negra winesellersltd.com
Feixa Negra Priorat 2015 $167.90

Ferrer Bobet
Sergi Ferrer and Raül Bobet’s
project started in 2002, and in
2008 their first two wines were Ferrer Bobet vintus.com
released. For their initial wines,
Ferrer Bobet used hundred-year- Ferrer Bobet Priorat Estate2016 $455.90
old Carignane and Grenache
vines planted in some of the best Ferrer Bobet Priorat Vinye Velles 2016 $503.90
vineyards in Priorat, but are now Ferrer Bobet Carignan Priorat Seleccio Especial 2016 $503.90
the owners of an exquisite
organic estate. Sergi also runs a
wine education center and
restaurant.

Celler Pasanau classicalwines.com
Celler Pasanau
The Pasanaus are perennial Pasanau Priorat Ceps Nous 2016 $227.90
growers in La Morera, the highest
municipality of Priorat, with
vineyards at over 2,400 feet
elevation abutting the sheer rock
wall of the Sierra de Montsant.
Gravelly scree eroded from the
cliffs covers the underlying
llicorella slate, together with the
elevation creating a less
Mediterranean microclimate
relative to the region as a whole.

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