A Legendary Legacy 2013
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A legendary legacy 2013 DOQ: Priorat Vintage comments: 2013 was an extraordinary year in terms of the weather Grape varieties: Cariñena and garnacha conditions. Unlike the usual climate in the Priorat, Date grapes picked: namely very hot and dry, the rainfall in the vegetative Cariñena: From 5th October growth stage was above average while summer Garnacha: From 18th September temperatures were very mild. This meant the plants Winemaking: suffered no stress and the ripening cycle lasted between 12 Number of days of skin contact: 30-35 days and 15 days longer than in hot years. It also helped to Type of fermentation: Stainless steel under controlled balance the ripening of the skins (phenolic ripening) and temperature that of the pulp. This has produced concentrated but Number of days of fermentation: 7-12 days balanced wines, healthy and well-ripened. Fermentation temperature: 28ºC-29ºC Awards: Ageing: Aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels of thin · 2015 vintage: 93 points, JamesSuckling.com 2017 grain · 2014 vintage: Gold Medal, International Wine Bottling month: September of 2015 Challenge 2017 Technical data: · 2014 vintage: 94 points, JamesSuckling.com 2017 Alcohol level: 15% vol. · 2013 vintage: Gold Medal, International Wine pH: 3.49 Challenge 2016 Total acidity: 5.1 g/L (as tartaric) · 2013 vintage: 92 points, Wine Advocate 2013 Residual sugar: 1.9 g/L · 2012 vintage: Gold Medal, Mundus Vini 2015 Allergy advice: Contains sulfites · 2012 vintage: 91,5 points, Tasted Journal 2015 · 2011 vintage: 91 points, Wine Advocate 2015 Stored under the right conditions, the wine will hold its potential · 2011 vintage: Gold Medal, Challenge International du for the next: 10 - 15 years Vin 2014 The following number of bottles have been produced in this · 2011 vintage: Gold Medal, Mundus Vini 2014 vintage: Standard (75 cl): 12.849 bottles Magnum (150 cl): 160 Jeroboam (300 cl): 45 Year vines planted: Vineyards over 80 years Elevation: 250-500 m Slope: 20-30% Orientation: NE- SE Yield: Between 750 y 1000 kg/ha, for being old vines. Soil: Shallow soils developed over Carboniferous (Paleozoic) slates that drain swiftly and have a low water holding capacity. It is precisely these soils, located on steep slopes, that give Priorat wines their typicity. Precipitation: Annual average (historical): 509 mm Annual total (current vintage): 798 mm Estate of origin: Bellmunt, El Lloar, El Molar, Falset, Temperature: Gratallops, Masroig, Porrera and Torroja Annual average (historical): 14.9ºC Annual average (current vintage): 14.4 ºC Location: Priorat, Catalonia. Story: Perpetual is a wine born of time and terrain. The old Garnacha and Cariñena vines are between 80 and 100 years old and grow on steep, rocky slopes. Llicorella (slate) is the essence of this beautifully concentrated wine with great personality. The parcels are small and located near the villages of El Lloar, Porrera, Bellmunt, Torroja, Gratallops, Falset, El Molar and Masroig. They belong to local winegrowers, but undergo rigorous controls to ensure that the fruit is of the highest quality. Perpetual is a tribute to the well- aging Priorat wines, intense, full of character and born to defeat time..