THE ELITE OF PRIORAT - Merum Priorati, located in Porrera, is one of the most important wine estates in Priorat, founded in 2004 by two Catalan families, and located in the east of the appellation around the pretty village of Porrera. The three vineyard plots (Les Foreses, Plana Marjot and Les Escomelles) cover a total of 103 hectares, but just 29ha are given over to vines, as this is one of the wildest, most rugged terrains where few vines thrive and those that do produce less than 1 kg of grapes per vine (and as low as 250g per vine for the older Garnacha and Cariñena plants). Impeccably made but not over polished, wines are truly hand-made: fermentation is in small, open top vats with long cuvasion, delivering wines which are intense and seriously complex against a backdrop of bright and vibrant
modern fruit.
The winery has earned gold in all the international competitions in which it has participated since 2018. Grenaches du Monde and Gilbert & Gaillard thus join Decanter World Wine Awards, Mundus Vini, Sakura-Japan Women’s Wine Award and Berliner Wein Trophy. The wines are also garnering recognition from professionals in the industry, such as the renowned sommelier Andreas Larsson (Blind Tasted), who also gave them a rating over 90 points.