Secret del Priorat 2019, Among the Best Wines of 2022
From Priorat to the World
The winery’s new Priorat is ranked among the world’s top 100 wines on The Enthusiast 100 list, compiled from a selection of 21,000 wines.
Secret del Priorat 2019 by Familia Torres made the ‘The Enthusiast 100’ list, published annually by the prestigious American magazine Wine Enthusiast and featuring the best wines of the year.
Secret del Priorat is a red wine from the DOQ Priorat appellation of origin
The magazine editors made their selection from a total of 21,000 blind-tasted wines from 17 countries, searching for wines that are “compelling and delicious, had outstanding quality-to-price ratios, and are broadly available for purchase”.
The second vintage of this Priorat wine placed 31st, with 92 points, making it the highest-ranked of the four Catalan wines and second among the eight Spanish wines included on the list.
The name and label of the wine evoke the beauty and magic of Priorat, a place where nature is continuously revealing its secrets through small details like the blossoms of the old almond trees that grow alongside the vines.
Priorat landscape with almond blossoms in the foreground
In his tasting notes, Wine Enthusiast critic Mike DeSimone highlights the wine’s “dark garnet” colour and its “aromas of blackberry, raspberry, and vanilla”. He goes on to describe “a network of delicate tannins” that “supports flavours of pomegranate, raspberry, menthol, and cocoa powder. Notes of candied orange peel and violet arrive on the finish”.
builds its organoleptic framework on the ripe, lively, and expressive red fruit of its varietal blend (Garnacha and Cariñena truly shine in this vintage). The 12 months spent in French oak add a complement, a caress, offering the very best of barrel ageing, but quietly, without seizing the spotlight, without too much fanfare. As the wine unfolds, pleasantly yet persistently, across the palate, the same subtlety comes to full expression.
Secret del Priorat is clearly paradigmatic of 21st century wines: versatile and perfect for enjoying a glass with friends, but also an ideal match for grilled meat or game in pepper or spiced sauces.
Secret del Priorat is a shared secret that reveals itself to the world; the secret of an exceptional place that can be perceived in its landscape, its people, and can be understood through its wines. From Priorat to the world, from our family to yours.