Priorat
(Outstanding)
A light red wine from
Priorat DOQ
Summary
A crushed fruit fermentation wine made with heavily sorted fruit. After a cold soaking to extract additional color, a warm fermentation will begin using cultured yeast in neutral vessels, often handled protectively due to Grenache’s tendency toward oxidation. Post-fermentation maceration on the skins is common to extract tannin and additional color. After pressing, wine is racked into barrel (a large portion new French Oak) where malolactic conversion and maturation occurs, adding oak flavors and texture, before blending, light fining, filtering, and bottling in glass commonly under cork.