Priorat DOQ

Question 1

Clos of Alvaro Palacios

Answer 1

Finca Dofi
L’Ermita

Question 2

Clos of Carles Pastrana

Answer 2

Clos de l’Obac

Question 3

Five original Clos of Priorat (1989)

Answer 3

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

Question 4

modern producers of Priorat

Answer 4

Clos Mogador
Alvaro Palacios
Clos Erasmus
Costers del Siurana
Vall Llach
Scala Dei

Question 5

what year was Vino de Pueblo established in Priorat? what is it

Answer 5

2009 estate grown wines and 12 villages
a village category including Gratallops

Question 6

Min Abv% for Priorat

Answer 6

13.5%

Question 7

Most planted vine in Priorat

Answer 7

Carinena (Mazuelo)

Question 8

authorized grapes of Priorat

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Villages of Priorat (Vi de Vila)

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Requirements of Vi de Vila wines

Answer 10

Minimum 60% recommended varieties or minimum 50% recommended varieties if only one is present

Question 11

What year did Priorat become DOQ?

Answer 11

2009 by Spain

2000 by Catalan authorities

Question 12

what is DOQ

Answer 12

Catalan translation of DOCa

Question 13

River running through Priorat

Answer 13

Siurana

Question 14

Palacios’ top bottling called

Answer 14

L’ermita

Question 15

What religious order founded the Monastery Scala Dei?

Answer 15

Carthusian monks

Question 16

Best producers of Priorat today

Answer 16

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

Question 17

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?

Answer 17

Societat Agricola la Unió (Cordoniu acquired a 25% share in 2000)

Question 18

What year was Vi di Finca (vineyard designate) established in Priorat and what were the first two recognized in Priorat

Answer 18

Est 2002

Clos Mogador (06)
Vall Llach Mas de la Rosa (2013)

Question 19

How many delimited zones of Vi de Paratge are there in Priorat

Answer 19

459

Question 20

Vi di Vinya Classificada vines are this old

Answer 20

20 years old

Question 21

Vi de Gran Vinya Classificada will identify vines this old from single vineyards

Answer 21

35

Question 22

Velles Vinyes in priorat means this

Answer 22

Vines planted before 1945 or at least 75 years of age

Question 23

What is vi dolç natural (priorat)

Answer 23

Sweet red with added grape spirit

Question 24

Styles of wine permitted in Priorat

Answer 24

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