FAMILY COLLECTION
Samsó, local name for Carignan. Here in its most pure Priorat expression.
SAMSÓ 74 ANYS
2018
Generic characteristics
A single-vineyard wine of Carignan, locally known as Samsó. Selected grapes from the vines that grow in a slope in Bellmunt del Priorat municipality. A pure expression of this Priorat’s local variety. An intense and mouthful wine with a long ageing potential.
Type of soil
Slate (llicorella).
Pairings
Nothing works better with our classic ‘Fricandó’.
ProduCTION 2018 VINTAGE
1025 bottles of 750 ml.
36 Magnums.
4 bottles of 3 L.
3 bottles of 5 L.
14,7% Vol. with 5,5 ATS and 3,4 PH.
Organic farming not certified.
It has all conditions to stay alive and to improve at least for the next twenty-five years.
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SAMSÓ 108 ANYS
2018
Generic characteristics
Like Xavi, dominated by happiness, elegance and shy delicacy. This is probably the best way to define this wine coming from El Colomer estate. A single-vineyard wine of Carignan from century old vines.
Clean and deep colour. An intense wine with red and black fruit flavours in great balance with its smooth, spicy and delicate toasted notes from a short ageing in French oak casks.
Type of soil
Slate soil (llicorella).
PAIRINGS
Xavi and Anton love to drink it with our grilled lamb chops and vegetables.
ProduCTION
863 bottles of 750 ml.
36 Magnums.
4 bottles of 3 L.
3 bottles of 5 L.
14,8% Vol. with 5,6 ATS and 3,4 ph.
Organic farming not certified.
It has all conditions to remain alive and to improve at least for the next 25 years.
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In 1887, when Filoxera finally reached our land and killed our vines, we had very diverse plantations in the region with a lot of different varietals represented. When replantation started, our great grandparents focused their job on two varietals: Red Garnatxa and Samsó (local names for Grenache and Carignan). Basically because they perfectly complement each other. Garnatxa is delicate, expressive, feminine, lovely. Samsó is dark, with great acidity, powerful, helpful and friendly.
So when you want to make a great Priorat you must base it on that harmonious blend. But Priorat is probably the best place in this world to grow red grapes, at least for Garnatxa and Samsó, and in a such privileged place, the closest place to Heaven on Earth, you can find some spots where everything can happen, where nature and tradition make possible almost any miracle, they make possible the elaboration of a great wine just with one of those varietals.
In 2012, in one of the tastings we usually have into our research program, Xavi Buil fell in love with some of the Samsó monovarietal we were working on. Learning about which where the best conditions for Samsó he realized that his best friend Anton owned 2 very old vineyards that could be perfect for that varietal. A 100 year old plantations for two 50 year old men!
We started working on those fantastic properties and in 2014 we decided to make a wine 100% Samsó from them. But it is not only about parcels and grapes, it is also about the people that grow them, the people that love them. They can even improve what nature gives us. That is the reason why, due to Anton’s experience and Xavi’s vision, we decided to harvest the properties separately and elaborate two exclusive wines.
Both gave us the outstanding and unique Samsó that we decided to keep separately after almost 3 years in new French oak in 300 lt. barrels. It seems as if Samsó 104 anys took Xavi’s personality and Samsó 70 Anton’s one.