2020 Celler Cal Pla Black Slate 'Porrera VI de la Vila' Priorat

Winemaker Notes:  Having worked with Joan Sangenís for close to two decades it was a logical decision to select his estate fruit for our Black Slate Porrera. With holdings in some of the top sites in the village, including the famed Mas d’En Caçador vineyard. The Black Slate Porrera is a blend of 20-30 year old Garnatxa and Carinyena with a small addition of Cabernet Sauvignon that is aged in neutral barrels for 12 months.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "The 2020 Black Slate Porrera was produced with a blend of 70% Garnacha and 30% Cariñena that fermented in concrete and stainless steel and matured in 225- 300- and 500-liter barrels for 12 months. It's ripe at 15% alcohol with a pH of 3.5 and a black nose with some notes of graphite, fountain pen ink and licorice, black rather than red fruit, a little dusty with a hint of meat and blood, a little animal. It has some dusty tannins and an earthy feeling with a dry finish. 16,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2021."