Crossos, Clos Galena, Priorat, Spanish wine, organic

Crossos, Clos Galena, Priorat. Dry red wine. Organic Spanish wine. Crossos is the base wine of Priorat winery Clos Galena and already very good! Delicious nose of ripe blackberries, plums, wood and vanilla. Supple and juicy, with beautiful ripe tannins.

Dutch wine writer Hilary Akers said in the FD newspaper: "Party!". Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah Mourvèdre and Grenache. Dry red wine from Priorat in Spain. Barrel-aged wine (6 months in French oak barriques of 224l).

• Serving: 14 °C
• Drinking: now until 2030 

Priorat, with Rioja the only DOQ in Spain

Priorat - in Spanish Priorato - is named after a priory (monastery) that used to stand here. The wine region is inhospitable with a nitrogen-poor, hard stony soil full of minerals (mica schist). So this is the famous Llicorella soil. Llicorella gives Priorat wines a nice mineral touch.

But because quite a lot of wine is made in a robust and over the top thick style, you don't always notice that minerality. With the wines of Clos Galena, on the other hand, you do. All their wines have a beautiful elegance due to fine acidity and mineral notes. Galena is the local name for a silvery mineral that was mined in local mines.

Denominacion d'Origen Qalficada

In Spanish wine regions, DO always stands for the name: Denominacion d'Origen. Only Rioja and Priorat are allowed to put DOQ in front of it: Denominacion d'Origen Qalficada.