Torres Perpetual

Wine information: Priorat is a small wine-growing area that has been making wine for the last eight centuries. The "denominación" is located in the province of Tarragona and has come to fame in the last decade after starting to apply new winemaking technologies. At the beginning of the 1980s many wine producers began planting French grapes to combine with the local varieties, and since then they have been producing more moderen, new-wave Priorat wines. The quality of both traditional and new wines is thanks to its unique microclimate and soil. The land, and this combination of old and new wines, has made Priorat one of the most closely watched areas of cultivation in Europe. This Wine is a homage to the monks of the courageous Carthusian order, who arrived in "Priorat", in 1095, where they cultivated vines. In 1835 a violent crowd destroyed the work of a lifetime and sacked the monastery, events which later culminated in the auctioning of church lands known as the "Desamortización de Mendizábal". In 1996 the Torres Family began work on the planting of vineyards on the slopes strewn with the hard, black slate-like "Licorella" stone. The grapes for this wine come exclusively from Torres family vineyards located in the municipalities of Porrera and Lloar, Salmos is a Priorat wine that manages to achieve an unparalleled balance between power and elegance. It is a blend of Garnacha Tinta and Carinena and is aged in very fine grain, new, French oak casks for 16 months.

Tasting Notes: Very dark, intense ruby colour. An aroma of preserves (cherry, blackberry) and spices on a highly characteristic mineral base. On the palate it has great volume with an admirable balance between the wine's fruity density and its spicy notes acquired through ageing in new oak (cedar, toast). During its prolonged, complex finish there's also a hint of chocolate and tobacco.

Food & Wine match: Excellent with game, lamb stews and also with pressed cheeses such as Manchego, Roncal or Mahones.

Reviews: "On the money right from the start, where deep aromas of black fruits, minerality and fresh herbs mingle nicely. The palate is creamy and smooth, with rich, almost syrupy berry, cream, coffee and toffee flavors. Oaked up but not “oaky,” with caramel and chocolate on the smooth finish. Drink now through 2015." 92 Points, M.S.  (7/1/2011) Wine Enthusiast Magazine

‘Best Old World Red Wine’ in the Japan Wine Challenge 2011

 
     

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