Pasanau Priorat Ceps Nous 2022 SO20231114 and stylistic evolution

and stylistic evolution

and hazelnuts

The 85% Sangiovese and 15% Canaiolo blend drinks with impeccable refinement

a masterpiece of restraint and structure

and wet clay which transition to flavors of baked red apples

Pasanau Priorat Ceps Nous 2022 SO20231114 and stylistic evolutionPriorat has a reputation for wines you buy now and open when your kids graduate. Ceps Nous is the exception, and it's honest about it the name means "new vines" in Catalan, a reference to the parcels the Pasanau family planted in 2000. The fruit comes from La Morera de Montsant, the highest village in Priorat, where vineyards sit at 2,300 feet against the rock wall of the Serra de Montsant and swing hard between hot days and cold nights. That altitude