If you haven't had pure Carignan before, this might spoil you! Most wines from Spain's Priorat region (not far from Barcelona) rely on a combination of varieties to create a winery's style. For their flagship wine, Ferrer-Bobet chose all Carignan from organically farmed 100+ year-old vines that go deep into the crumbling slate soils on steep slopes for which the region is famous. The Selecio Especial was aged in new French oak for 19 months, providing balsam spice to the flavor profile, and enhancing the soft tannic structure of Carginan. A bright core of dark raspberry and cranberry join in with the variety's spice and Syrah-like savory notes.
This relatively new winery, whose first harvest was 2005, was created by friends Sergi Ferrer-Salat and Raül Bobet to make wines they love while showing respect for the region. The winery itself is built into the ground, with the bare minimum visible against the wild hills, and is designed to allow gravity to do much of the work in moving grapes, juice, and wine. The wine is neither filtered nor fined.
WINE ADVOCATE 97 POINTS - "The top of the range, the 2017 Selecció Especial is pure Cariñena from centenary vines on a "coster" (slope) of llicorella slate in the village of Porrera...This is a powerful Cariñena with a strong Priorat character. The tannins are fine-grained, and the wine is seamless and textured, with a strong mineral sensation (again, a texture), finishing with a salty twist. This is superb, the finest vintage I have tasted of this wine..."
100% CARINENA
This relatively new winery, whose first harvest was 2005, was created by friends Sergi Ferrer-Salat and Raül Bobet to make wines they love while showing respect for the region. The winery itself is built into the ground, with the bare minimum visible against the wild hills, and is designed to allow gravity to do much of the work in moving grapes, juice, and wine. The wine is neither filtered nor fined.
WINE ADVOCATE 97 POINTS - "The top of the range, the 2017 Selecció Especial is pure Cariñena from centenary vines on a "coster" (slope) of llicorella slate in the village of Porrera...This is a powerful Cariñena with a strong Priorat character. The tannins are fine-grained, and the wine is seamless and textured, with a strong mineral sensation (again, a texture), finishing with a salty twist. This is superb, the finest vintage I have tasted of this wine..."
100% CARINENA