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Portal del Priorat

Portal del Priorat has been the jewel in Alfredo Arribas' crown since 2011. The graduate and still practising architect from Barcelona has turned to the world of wine as a career changer. The labels and the winery building, which is harmoniously integrated into the landscape, have a correspondingly aesthetic design. Even more spectacular, however, are his wines and the steep slopes on which they grow. At the time of its foundation, there were still some fallow vineyards in the Priorat. With much love and painstaking labour, the team recultivated them and made them productive again. The main focus is on Garnacha Negra and Cariñena, but Syrah and a little Cabernet Sauvignon are also used in two of its wines.

alfredo arribas showcasing soil types of priorat

The gateway to the priory

The microclimatic speciality of the Priorat lies in the combination of barren slate soils, low rainfall - which mainly falls in winter - and a very pronounced day-night amplitude. Wines of high flavour density and sophisticated texture are produced with very low yields. With his Gotes del Priorat and Negre de Negres wines, Alfredo knows how to conjure up a lot of Priorat in the bottle for comparatively little money. With Somni, he succeeds year after year in creating a magnificent cuvée from Cariñena and Syrah. This wine is characterised by Mediterranean spice, power and elegance at the same time.

With the Tros de Clos, he bottles a Cariñena from vines that are over a hundred years old. Full of concentrated flavours and with plenty of cooling minerality, this is a monument and an absolute reference for this grape variety and region.

The wines of Portal del Priorat




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For label drinkers

The labels retain their basic design from year to year, but the motif undergoes minor changes. It is often the protagonists that make a vintage unmistakable. Nevertheless, the brand itself immediately catches the eye.

negre de negres label

To summarise, Alfredo Arribas combines architectural aesthetics and oenological excellence in his wines. His wineries, embedded in the unique landscape of the Priorat, produce wines that impress with both their design and their character. By combining traditional grape varieties and innovative winemaking techniques, he impressively reflects the terroir of the region.

portal del priorat winery building

Alfredo Arriba's' winery in neighbouring Montsant and his experimental natural wine line Vins Nus from the north of Priorat are also exciting to watch.

Photos: Clos de Portal
Text: © LivingWines.com