Cesca Vicent Priorat, 2022

This wine is made of Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Syrah, and Merlot. Priorat is often dubbed as a “Spanish Côtes-Du-Rhone”, as the wine region was historically worked by Priories, or convents. The monks who lived here planted similar grapes and made similar wines as their peers in the southern Rhône. This wine is aromatic and rich with flavors of baked blackberries, plums, and blackcurrant. We would pair this with a rich Manchego, seared lamb skewers, or grilled eggplant. Cesca inherited the land from her father, who came to the region after the Spanish Civil War, to revive its many lost vineyards.