First release: Mas Doix 2023/24

Doix is Mas Doix’s defining wine, drawn from extraordinary old vines – 60% carignan planted over 120 years ago and 40% garnacha averaging 80 years – all planted on the steep slate slopes in the heart of Poboleda. The 2023 vintage is in line with previous vintages, complex and balanced, with a dark, refined intensity, full of energy: black cherry and plum with smoky mineral notes, fresh thyme, warm earth and a concentrated, powerful texture. There is a precision and freshness that carries the wine with elegance, knitting together all the flavours through an endlessly long finish. It has plenty of time to evolve, if you can wait. Drink from 2027 to 2039. 14.5%

A sophisticated, chewy red blend from 25- to 35-year-old bush-vines from this rising-star estate in the famous Priorat region. It’s both big and elegant, and the secret behind it is the good dollop of old-vine carignan (25%), which gives structure, inkiness and length to this otherwise aromatic, spicy and fragrant Priorat alongside 65% garnacha and 10% syrah. The 14-months ageing in French barrels softens the wine, integrates all the wonderful rich and spicy flavours, with layers of ripe black cherry, dried raspberry, earth, chocolate and liquorice, with a lick of salt, all framed by fine integrated tannins. Drink this year to 2033. 14.5%

A fresh and silky 100% garnacha from old vines in one of Priorat’s most revered villages, Poboleda. Here, garnacha ripens slowly on the region’s iconic steep licorella (slate) soils, lending the wine its energetic mineral character. Hand-harvested and fermented in a mix of stainless steel and concrete eggs, with no oak ageing, this is all about purity and terroir. The 2024 shines brightly, bursting with wild red berry fruit, and rose-like florals with powdery tannins and a slightly salty mineral tension. An elegant, expressive Priorat of real class that shows remarkable precision and length. Make sure to keep the wine at a cool temperature (around 15-17C) before serving. Drink this year to 2033. 14.5%