Winery: Celler Fills de la Llicorella
Region: Porrera - D.O.Q. Priorat
Vintage: 2023
Bottle: 75cl
Grape Varieties: 70% White Grenache and 30% Macabeo.
Type: White wine oak aged
Alcohol Content: 14.5% vol.
Serving Temperature: 14º - 16 ºC.
Cassanella is the white wine from Celler Fills de la Llicorella. A very small and personal project founded in 2017 by brothers Adria and Oriol Domènech from Cal Pagès, the name of the family home in Porrera. As the ninth generation, they bear their forefathers' tradition for the land in their veins, and they are joined by Pau Peryil, also a winegrower and friend from Porrera. Together, the three of them have around 12 hectares of family vineyards in the area, some of which are very old, although most of the majority are more recent plantings.
The project produces two wines they comercialised under the DOQ Priorat: Cor de Pedra (red) and Cassanella (white). They produce very limited quantities, which allows them to keep their project small and personalised, controlling the whole process themselves, from the vineyards to the marketing and commercialisation.
Vinification:
The grapes are sourced from two plots of their own vines planted about 20 years old. The vines are growing on terraces and hillsides in licorella soils.
Harvested manually. Grapes are crushed when they enter the winery and left with their skins for 24 hours at a controlled temperature of 10 oC. Pressed manually and destemmed. Cold fermented, once the fermentation is finished, the wine is left on its lees for a month with weekly pumping over. It ages in new French oak barrels for 2 months.
Bottled without filtering or stabilisation. Limited production of 900 bottles.
Tasting notes:
Pale yellow colour, clean, and bright. Nose of good intensity aromatic, displaying citrus fruit and pinneaple with a hint of spiciness and vainilla notes from the ageing in barrel. Full-bodied with the right level of acidity over a minerally background, soft-textured, balanced. Pleasant dry mineral finish.
