Joan Giné, Priorat Blanco, Spain 2019 Cognac

Joan Giné, Priorat Blanco, Spain 2019 CognacFor centuries, both vineyard and wine have been present in the Priorat region. Although it is acknowledged that Romans cultivated the land for the production of wine, it was during the eleventh century that under the protection of the Prior of the Carthusian monastery of Santa Maria de Escaladei that the Priorat, with its characteristic slate licorella soils, became a region synonimous to wine making. The family have actively participated in their

in a very classy and approachable way

The white schist soil houses Aragonês (Grenache)

watered by tributaries of the Rhone and windswept by the Mistral

Then total and natural malolactic fermentation

mainly harvested frome the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims terroirs

char and caramel

he decided to go out in the wine world and make his own way

generous and long

Michel Torino's wines are unique expressions of the region

The grapes are hand-harvested and then fermented in temperature-controlled

Unfiltered and unfined

” They sourced their grapes from growers across New Zealand