La exaltación de la tierra

La D.O.Q. Priorat ha presentado la nueva clasificación de sus vinos por todo lo alto y rizando el rizo de la trazabilidad y del máximo respeto al origen. Localización precisa y casi microscópica para definir calidad y precio. Algo así como Borgoña.

Currently, a quarter of the land covered by the Priorat D.O.Q. sits on hillsides with almost 90-degree slopes. There are around 2,000 hectares of vines in total, shared among 550 owners/winegrowers.

For seven centuries, this lovely, magical and rugged area in the province of Tarragona was governed by the Carthusian monks, who arrived from neighbouring France at the turn of the 12th century and decided to stay. But even before the advent of the monks, these magical mountains already bore a spiritual halo as they had long been the home to hermits who preferred to live there cut off from the rest of humanity (whenever I go to Priorat,