This is the name of a vineyard in Gratallops in the Priorat wine appellation: a daring venture where vines can barely survive given the region’s poor soil, intense sunlight, and bleak exposure.
However, this is precisely what gives rise to the principal essence of Priorat!
Our Carignans struggle to survive in this parched, arid area of steeply sloping slate hillsides. This is an extraordinary vineyard in an extraordinary setting.
We have also planted 10% Grenache to add a touch of femininity to our wines.
Today, the work has paid off, and visitors to the region can appreciate the vast horizon where the Ebro River occasionally gives a modicum of humidity, just enough for the vines to survive.
The final result is staggering—a harmonious blend of these noble grapes is completely at one with the terroir and gives us a wine with minerality, femininity, subtlety, and complexity that warms our hearts.
Manyetes is, quite simply, the essence of Priorat transformed into wine.
