Needless to say that being able to introduce the new vintage of Clos Mogador is a real honour and pleasure, first, as a wine professional but also as a passionate of the estate since I know it.
It remains one of my great wine memories and my first encounter with Priorat wines with which I could identify myself. It is still a reference and an example regarding quality, exigency and hard work with no concession and respect for nature and biodiversity.
Clos Mogador 2016 is the expression of the soil and grape in harmony with their environment and climate, all those elements then gathered by the hand of the human being, symbolising the true meaning of what Terroir is.
It is from the roots and thanks to their know-how that this family has been able to extract the personality and greatness of this unique vineyard.
Those who will be patient enough to let it age will be able to discover how the earthy character and roughness of those arid lands can also reveal silk and beauty.
Thank you for everything you did and will continue doing.
For the first time in our country, Clos Mogador, one of the prestigious wines made by René Barbier in the D.O.Ca. Priorat, was awarded the prestigious qualification of «Vi de Finca».
“Vi de Finca” is an additional qualification to the D.O.Ca. Priorat certification, which already recognizes this wine. Clos Mogador was the first wine to receive this prestigious qualification in the whole of Spain. It certifies that all grapes used to make this wine over at least the last five years have been sourced from the Clos Mogador single vineyard (five years which can be documented and traced), and at the same time is awarded to a wine which has received international acclaim over at least the last ten years.