Priorat DOQ Flashcards
Clos of Alvaro Palacios
Finca Dofi
L’Ermita
Clos of Carles Pastrana
Clos de l’Obac
Five original Clos of Priorat (1989)
Clos Mogador (René Barbier)
Clos Dofi (Alvaro Palacios)
Clos Erasmus (Daphne Glorian)
Clos de l’Obac (Carles Pastrana)
Mas Martinet (Jose Luis Perez)
All shared a facility together
modern producers of Priorat
Clos Mogador
Alvaro Palacios
Clos Erasmus
Costers del Siurana
Vall Llach
Scala Dei
what year was Vino de Pueblo established in Priorat? what is it
2009 estate grown wines and 12 villages
a village category including Gratallops
Min Abv% for Priorat
13.5%
Most planted vine in Priorat
Carinena (Mazuelo)
authorized grapes of Priorat
Blanca:
Garnatxa Blanca
PX
Chenin Blanc
Moscatell d’Alexandria
Moscatel Le Gra Petit
Xarel-lo
Picapoll
Viognier
Negre:
Garnatxa Negre, Samso/Carinyena (recommended)
Authorized:
Cab Franc
Ull de Llebre (tempranillo)
Peluda
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pinot Noir
Syrah
Merlot
Picapoll Negre
Villages of Priorat (Vi de Vila)
La Morera de Monsant
Gratallops
Bellmunt del Priorat
Escaladei
Porrera
Pobleda
La Vilella Baixa
La Viella Alta
El Lloar
Masos del Terme de Falset
Solanes del Terme de El Molar
Torroja del Priorat
Requirements of Vi de Vila wines
Minimum 60% recommended varieties or minimum 50% recommended varieties if only one is present
What year did Priorat become DOQ?
2009 by Spain
2000 by Catalan authorities
what is DOQ
Catalan translation of DOCa
River running through Priorat
Siurana
Palacios’ top bottling called
L’ermita
What religious order founded the Monastery Scala Dei?
Carthusian monks
Best producers of Priorat today
Clos Mogador, Alvaro Palacios, Clos Erasmus, Costers del Siurana (whose founder Carles Pastrana produced Clos de l’Obac), Mas Martinet, Vall Llach and Scala Dei
The Monastery (Priory) of Scala Dei (Stairway to God) was purchases by four families in the 19th century. What is the name of the union?
Societat Agricola la Unió (Cordoniu acquired a 25% share in 2000)
What year was Vi di Finca (vineyard designate) established in Priorat and what were the first two recognized in Priorat
Est 2002
Clos Mogador (06)
Vall Llach Mas de la Rosa (2013)
How many delimited zones of Vi de Paratge are there in Priorat
459
Vi di Vinya Classificada vines are this old
20 years old
Vi de Gran Vinya Classificada will identify vines this old from single vineyards
35
Velles Vinyes in priorat means this
Vines planted before 1945 or at least 75 years of age
What is vi dolç natural (priorat)
Sweet red with added grape spirit
Styles of wine permitted in Priorat
Blanco / Blanc
Rosado / Rosat
Tinto / Negre
Vino Rancio / Vi Ranci: Oxidized wine
Mistela (Negre and Blanc)
Vino Dulce Natural / Vi Dolç Natural: Vi de Licor, min. must weight of 320 g/l
