Region: Priorat, Spain

Varietal: 80% Cariñena, 20% Garnacha

Tasting notes: Glass-staining violet. A pungent, mineral-accented bouquet evokes fresh cherry, boysenberry and licorice, along with a suave floral overtone and a hint of smokiness. Sappy and expansive on the palate, offering intense red and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors and an emerging exotic spice note. The impressively long, mineral- and floral-tinged finish is shaped by fine-grained tannins that slowly fade away.

Producer: Built on 150 years of history and tradition, Familia Torres continues to be one of the most renowned wine producers in Spain. Torres family roots date back even further, residing in the Penedès region for over 300 years. Today, Familia Torres produce quality wine from 8 DOs across Spain showcasing the most esteemed terroirs that embody tradition and innovation. Miguel Torres Maczassek, the fifth generation of the family, is at the helm and upholds the family values of respect, cooperation, excellence, vitality and curiosity. In Catalonia, the winery produces the Familia Torres collection, showcasing their premiere wines in the region they’ve inhabited for centuries. With reliable quality and a true sense of history, Torres is a pillar of the wine community, and uses their reputation to advocate for environmental initiative, social responsibility, and fair trade as a way of ensuring the continuity of wine production. With Torres, wine is an essential part of community, environment, and tradition, and is, above all, a celebration of life.

Vineyard and Winemaking: Perpetual is a wine born out of time and terrain. It is an intensely concentrated wine, full of personality, whose essence comes from 80- to 100-year-old Garnacha and Cariñena vines planted on steep slopes of llicorella slate. The vines are found in small parcels owned by local winegrowers, in different municipalities and at different altitudes, and are monitored closely to ensure the highest quality of the fruit. Perpetual is an homage to Priorat wines that are made for laying down: an intense wine full of character, created to overcome time.