Costers del Priorat - Priorat 'Pissarres' 2019 (750ml)

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Producer	Costers del Priorat
Country	Spain
Region	Priorat
Varietal	Carinena and Garnacha
Vintage	2019
Sku	82821
Size	750ml

Costers del Priorat Description

Costers del Priorat Pissarres 2019

Pissarres is Costers del Priorat’s flagship wine, encompassing both the cool-rugged center of Priorat and the region’s warmer south. The name Pissarres is derived from “pizarra,” which is “slate” in Spanish. The wine is a blend of organically-farmed grapes from Mas Alsera in Torroja del Priorat (500m) and Sant Martí in Bellmunt (350m). Pissarres is a blend of 60% samsó (carignan) and 40% garnacha from vineyards planted from 1934 and 1939 on red llicorella (decomposed slate), using the traditional bush vine pruning technique and hand-harvesting. Pissarres is the definition of cool, focused Mediterranean elegance. All Costers del Priorat wines are terroir-forward and made with low intervention and minimal sulfur at bottling. Winemaker Jose Mas achieves elegance, freshness, and precision in his wines by allowing the vineyards to guide their evolution without ever forcing their trajectory.

Vinification – After a manual harvest, the wine spontaneously ferments with indigenous yeasts in 3,000 and 5,000L stainless steel tanks with a small part in cement vats. The different varieties in the blend are vinified separately to allow each to express itself fully.

Priorat

Site: Sant Martí and Mas Alsera at 240m to 600m

Grapes: 60% Samsó (carinena) / 40% Garnacha

Vine Age: Vines planted from 1934 to 2004

Soil: Llicorella {decomposed slate)

Vinification: Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts in cement vats

Aging: 12 months in new and 2-year-old, 225L and 500L French oak barrels

Farming: Practicing Organic