Primitiu de Bellmunt

Winery: Celler Bartolomé
Region: Priorat

Red Wine

Variety: 55% Garnacha and 45% Samsó

Production
The varieties are produced individually, so as then to be mixed, until achieving a wine which is the result of the vine growing potential of our age-old vines.

The vinification is carried out at a controlled temperature of 26-28ºC, and the must remains in fermentation vats for eighteen days in order to achieve a wine with just the right color level and polyphenol substances. Malolactic fermentation took place spontaneously in tanks at the adequate temperature with a view to refining and adding velvety touches to the wine, while also preserving it microbiologically.

Aging
Bellmunt del Priorat was aged in Allier French oak barrels, medium toast made by the barrel makers Boutes –Gran Reserve–, Dargaud & Jaegle –Marcel Cadet–, Demptos and Radoux, in first year barrels for 15 months.

Bottled: May 2006

Production: 5,496 bottles authenticated and numbered by hand

Vine grower: Antonio Rodríguez / Enologist: Josep Valiente

Wine Features
This wine is of an intense cherry red color and aroma, both elegant and expressive with a warm background adding toasted overtones, sensations of creamy oak, and both chocolate and caramel. Light mineral tones over a background of jellied ripe dark fruits. Powerful to the palate, it is complex, pleasant, meaty, well-structured, spicy and slightly mineral, with a sensation of ripened fruit that can already be perceived upon smelling. Its tannins are sweet, mature and very well-integrated. This is a well-structured, sweet wine instilled with volume and a fine balance between fruit, tannins and wood as it crosses the palate, providing us with an excellent end, broad and concentrated in its overall features.

Storage
The wine is expected to undergo favorable change over the next 6-7 years. Serving temperature: 18-20 Cº