Are you looking for the best wineries to visit in Priorat? Among all the vineyards in Priorat that you can find, below, we have prepared a select list of those wineries where you can enjoy more of the area and live a unique experience.
The Priorat is one of the most outstanding wine regions in Spain and the world, and has many wineries that offer excellent tours and tastings. Since the Priorat revolution in the 80’s and 90’s, the wines have not stopped increasing in quality and international prestige. In Taca de Vi, we know this area and its winemakers very well, and we want to share it with you. If you want to know some of the best wineries to visit in the Priorat, stay reading this article. Here we go!
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Merum Priorati
Merum Priorati, founded in 2013, is a renowned winery located in the picturesque village of Porrera. It is located in a privileged environment in Priorat, where the Mediterranean climate and the slatey soil called “llicorella” provide ideal conditions for growing grapes. The winery works mainly with the Garnacha and Cariñena grape varieties, which are emblematic of the region, and strives to reflect the authenticity of the terroir in each bottle.
The winery has one of the most elegant tasting rooms in the region, with a minimalist design and furniture, and a large and sober space.
They offer the possibility of visiting their vineyards with a classic 4×4 and vibrate with the steep slopes where their vineyards are planted.
At the end, a quick visit to their facilities and finish tasting their 4 delicious red wines with a small aperitif.
Their wines are characterized by their intensity, structure and complexity. The careful winemaking process, which combines traditional techniques with modern methods, allows them to create wines with a marked expression of ripe fruit, spicy notes and soft tannins. These wines have a great capacity for aging and evolve elegantly in the bottle.
Cal Batllet
Cal Batllet is a micro-winery located in the renowned wine village of Gratallops. Run by the vigneron Marc Ripoll (owner, winegrower and winemaker), this small winery produces only 15,000 bottles per year but of excellent quality and personality. It stands out for producing the only wine in the world made with the white grape Escanyavella, a rara avis that does not leave indifferent and that pleases those people who are looking for unique (but delicious) wines.
Located in an old village house, the entire winery is small and does not have a spectacular tasting room. The basement houses a small and historic aging room with lots of charm where the tasting takes place, its history and philosophy are explained, etc. Marc is pure passion and transmits his love for his work with affection.
Cal Batllet is proud to cultivate its own vineyards, using sustainable and environmentally friendly viticultural practices. The winery works mainly with the Garnacha and Cariñena grape varieties, which grow in slate soils characteristic of the Priorat.
Their red wines are the result of a careful selection of grapes and a meticulous vinification process. With proper aging in oak barrels, Cal Batllet wines acquire aromatic complexity and structure, offering a unique sensory experience. These wines are appreciated for their balance, fruit intensity and elegance.
Cal Pla
Cal Pla is a renowned winery located in Porrera, one of the most picturesque villages of the Priorat. With a winemaking history dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, the winery has managed to preserve its historic aging facilities, making it one of the most traditional wineries in the village and one of the most interesting to visit.
It is surprising for its aging room with high ceilings and arches. The painted walls and writings referring to wine and its goodness. As well as old barrels of more than 100 years old and still used to age their younger wines.
At the head of the winery we find Joan Sangenís who at the end of the 80’s decided, together with his father, to elaborate his own wine, bottle it and commercialize it. Something uncommon at that time. And until today it has become one of the wineries of reference in the region, with wines as outstanding as Mas d’en Compte blanc or his most personal red, Planots.
These are wines that do not follow the current trend of lightness and little body, but have remained firm in wines with structure, robust, lively tannins, but with all the minerality, elegance and personality that gives the Priorat slate.
It is characterized by working with native varieties such as Garnacha and Cariñena, but has also incorporated international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon. Its aim is to create wines that reflect the authenticity and richness of the Priorat terroir, making the most of the unique characteristics of the region.
Each bottle is the result of careful craftsmanship and a deep knowledge of the terroir.
Mas Alta
Mas Alta is a prestigious winery located in the north of Priorat, in the small village of La Vilella Alta. Founded in 1999 by two Belgian families passionate about wine, the winery has achieved worldwide recognition for its focus on the production of high-end wines of exceptional quality.
After a long period of works, in the spring of 2023 they inaugurated their visitor center with which they intend to relaunch wine tourism with a clear commitment to excellence. And in these new facilities they have not spared in details and good taste. Overlooking the vineyards and the village of Vilella Alta, they have built different tasting rooms also prepared to host corporate events, meals, presentations, etc.. All in a distinguished atmosphere, in keeping with the elegance and subtlety expressed by the wines of the winery.
In the vineyards they grow native varieties such as Garnacha and Cariñena, but they also incorporate international varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah to add complexity and nuances to their wines. The winery works with vineyards located on steep slopes, where the vines struggle to find nutrients in the slate soils, resulting in grapes of great concentration and character.
Mas Alta wines are renowned for their expressiveness, elegance and ageability. Each vintage is vinified with precision and dedication, seeking to highlight the authenticity of the terroir and capture the essence of the Priorat. The resulting wines are complex, with a balanced combination of fruit, spicy notes, fine tannins and a long persistence in the mouth.
Ferrer Bobet
The Ferrer Bobet winery is one of the great emblems of Priorat. It was founded in 2002 by Sergi Ferrer-Salat and Raül Bobet, two friends who shared and share a passion for winemaking and the vision of making wines of exceptional quality.
The winery is located on a hillside at an altitude of 700 meters and has what is surely the most spectacular tasting room in the area, all glazed and with stunning views of the surrounding mountains. For the quality and prestige of its wines, and for the exceptional space where they are tasted, visiting Ferrer Bobet is almost an obligatory stop when visiting Priorat.
The Ferrer Bobet winery is known for producing high quality wines using traditional winemaking methods. They focus on the native grape varieties of the Priorat region, such as Garnacha, but especially Cariñena. In addition to some international varieties such as Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Some of the best known wines of Bodega Ferrer Bobet include its star wine, Ferrer Bobet Selecció Especial and Vinyes Velles, where the queen variety is Cariñena, giving strength, elegance and depth to wines that leave their mark.
Scala Dei
The Scala Dei winery is another must-visit winery in the Priorat region due to its history, its wines and the location near the ancient monastery that gives its name to the winery. The winery was founded in the mid-19th century and is named after the nearby Carthusian monastery of Scala Dei, which was founded in the 12th century. It is also known for producing the first bottled Priorat wine in 1974, which is a living legend and an iconic wine.
The winery is especially known for making its wines mostly with Garnacha and less Cariñena. And it is in Garnacha where the wines have reached the highest levels of prestige and recognition, as evidenced by the Masdeu and Sant Antoni wines. Two wines 100% of this variety where finesse, elegance and silkiness make those who taste them fall in love.
They also produce a delicious rosé Pla del Àngels and a unique white Masipa.
All these wines can be tasted in their historic tasting room and visitor center, with stone walls, high ceilings and a huge cherry wood barrel that surprises just by entering.
Scala Dei has a long winemaking history, and the winery’s vineyards are located on steep slopes with clay, slate and limestone soils characteristic of the Priorat region. The winery’s commitment to quality and tradition has earned it numerous awards and recognition from critics and wine lovers around the world.
Private winery tours in Priorat
Would you like to visit any of the wineries mentioned above? At Taca de Vi we offer you the best winery tours in Priorat, if you are a wine lover, you can’t miss it!
At Taca de Vi we want to show you the richness of Catalan wine and we would love to take you to visit the most reputable wineries in one of the most prestigious wine regions during your stay in the Catalan capital.
As you have seen, Priorat has the potential to produce wines of incredible quality: old Garnacha and Cariñena vines planted on terraces and licorella (slate soil) slopes and a fantastic microclimate. These key factors, together with the knowledge of their winemakers, make the wines exceptional and unique.a sommelier will select some of the best wineries in Priorat where you can taste in personalized tastings, wines that will give you goose bumps. In addition, we will have lunch in a winery-restaurant where we will taste the typical gastronomy of the region, accompanied by the wines produced there. Do not hesitate and take a look at our offers!
