1997 Torres Grans Muralles, Conca De Barbera, Spain

Grans Muralles is the first example of a passion project started in the early 1980s to recover ancestral Catalan varieties that had fallen into oblivion. The Garró and Querol varieties are true oenological treasures that were grown by our forebears. Together with Cariñena, Garnacha, and Monastrell, they embody the spirit of this unique wine. What makes this wine so extraordinary, however, is not only these indigenous varieties but the influence of the vineyard’s singular slate and granite soils. The final result is a sublime, balanced wine with an unmistakable identity, which brings to mind authentic, austere, and time-honoured ancestral winemaking.