2009BodegasMasAltaElsPics

Sans In some of the more rugged terroirs of Europe, they have an old saying, “Here the vines are Catholic. They love tosuffer.â€?Viticulturalists now understand the truth of the adage â€?in order to maximise flavour, you must reduce yields and maintain an equilibrium of tension in the vines. In Spain, vines go to purgatory in Priorat. Steep staircases of dark slate, shale and thin bands of red clay where machinery is impossible and hand harvests are a health hazard have proven to extricate the most interesting characteristics of indigenous varietals like Garnacha (Grenache) and Cariñena (Carignan).