Red Bat Priorat Single Bottle

Country: Spain  Region: Priorat

Varietal: Carignan, Grenache, Syrah

Vintage: 2019  Category: Red Wine  Style: Dry

Producer: Bodegas Pinord

Description:
Alongside Rioja, Priorat holds the highest level of qualification for standards from a wine region - DOCa status in Spain. The wines here are made with the highest standards and the best quality grapes. 

This wine is a Biodynamic wine - paying tribute to a species of bat that was introduced into the ecosystem of the vineyards where Pinord grows their grapes, this bat feeds precisely on the insects that attack the vines. This enabled Pinord to avoid the use of pesticides and produce a wine which was not only ecological but also biodynamic.

This colony of Bats was given to Pinord by WWW the Wildlife protection charity, and with the proceeds from this wine, Bodegas Pinord, reinvest so that they can in turn fund additional colonies of bats back to the charity to further enhance Biodynamic production across Spain. 

A bold biodynamic expression from Pinord. This Red Bat has a deep purple colour. I get loads of cherries and some raspberries. There is an earthy and mineral note to the wine as well, this is all resulting in an interesting mix of fruitiness with savoury notes. A solid 4 stars from me for this dry and sometimes challenging wine, recommendable and pretty affordable. A sensational wine.