{"product_id":"black-slate-porrera-vi-di-la-vila-2018-750ml","title":"Black Slate Porrera (Vi di la Vila) 2020 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003e90pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 Black Slate Porrera was produced with a blend of 70% Garnacha and 30% Cariñena that fermented in concrete and stainless steel and matured in 225- 300- and 500-liter barrels for 12 months. It's ripe at 15% alcohol with a pH of 3.5 and a black nose with some notes of graphite, fountain pen ink and licorice, black rather than red fruit, a little dusty with a hint of meat and blood, a little animal. It has some dusty tannins and an earthy feeling with a dry finish. 16,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Wine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sangenís family farms 20 hectares of vines located around Porrera. Their\u003cbr\u003eoldest vines of Garnatxa Negra and Carinyena are located in the famed Mas\u003cbr\u003ed’En Caçador vineyard – arguably the Grand Cru of the village. The remaining\u003cbr\u003evines vary in age from 15 to 80 years old. Farming is done organically, which may\u003cbr\u003esound easy in such a warm and dry climate until you see the incline of some of\u003cbr\u003etheir sites – here any kind of farming is arduous. In addition to Garnatxa Negra\u003cbr\u003eand Carinyena the estate grows Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnatxa Blanca, Xarel.lo,\u003cbr\u003ePicapoll Blanca, Macabeau and Moscatell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaving worked with Joan Sangenís for close to two decades it was a logical\u003cbr\u003edecision to select his estate fruit for our Black Slate Porrera. With holdings in some\u003cbr\u003eof the top sites in the village, including the famed Mas d’En Caçador vineyard.\u003cbr\u003eThe Black Slate Porrera is a blend of 20-30 year old (average age) Garnatxa and\u003cbr\u003eCarinyena with a small addition of Cabernet Sauvignon that is aged in neutral\u003cbr\u003ebarrels for 12 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Winery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoan Sangenís is descended from eight generations of unruly locals who farmed\u003cbr\u003evarious crops in Porrera His family first started making wine in 1814 and until\u003cbr\u003e1996 they sold their wines in bulk to the residents of the village. Joan’s parents\u003cbr\u003eJaume and Mercé, who both still tend to the family’s vines, purchased Mas d’En\u003cbr\u003eCompte in 1988 greatly expanding the scope of the family business. Along with\u003cbr\u003ethis purchase came a ancient, ruined house in the village which they renovated\u003cbr\u003ewith the intention of estate bottling their wines. With much of the newly purchased\u003cbr\u003evineyards being in disrepair, they also undertook resuscitating the old vines and\u003cbr\u003eplanting new ones and when their son, Joan, finished his studies in enology in\u003cbr\u003e1996, Celler Cal Pla was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrape Varietals: Garnatxa, Carinyena, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Slate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42976001818848,"sku":"110654","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/black-slate-porrera-vi-di-la-vila_1.jpg?v=1714758914","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/black-slate-porrera-vi-di-la-vila-2018-750ml","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}