Wine route through Priorat

In the morn­ing :

Cel­lar Vall Llach was founded in the early 1990s by singer Lluís Llach and no­tary Enric Costa in Por­rera, one of the vil­lages in the south of Cat­alo­nia that form the (D.O.Q.) Pri­o­rat.

Vall Llach vi de finca Qual­i­fi­cada Mas de la Rosa, Por­rera vi de vila de Vall LLach, Idus de Vall Llach, Em­bruix de Vall Llach and Aigua de Llum de Vall LLach are the names of its wines, and the win­ery in­tro­duced its first vin­tage to the mar­ket at the end of the year 2000. Since its in­cep­tion, the win­ery's processes and their ap­pli­ca­tion have been gov­erned by rigid ad­her­ence to two guid­ing prin­ci­ples: rigour and qual­ity.

Cel­lar Vall Llach is for­tu­nate to have a num­ber of mag­nif­i­cent old es­tates – the so-called trossos – whose 60- to 90-year old Cariñena and Gar­nacha vines as­sure an ex­clu­sive must for its wines. The pro­duce of these stocks is com­ple­mented by the care­ful pur­chase of grapes from farms se­lected for their qual­ity from among the old­est and most rep­utable in the area. The wines are small-scale prod­ucts, to en­sure the op­ti­mum qual­ity, growth and to main­tain strict con­trol over each process, com­bin­ing tra­di­tion with the lat­est tech­nol­ogy. Vis­i­tors can check the vine­yard's web­site for in­for­ma­tion.

Tele­phone: 977 828 244

Mail: celler@​vallllach.​com

Web: www. val­l­l­lach.com

For lunch

At La Co­op­er­a­tiva, the team of Litus in the din­ing room and Mia in the kitchen cre­ates a com­pletely har­mo­nious duo. They be­lieve in slow-cooked tra­di­tional food and es­pe­cially in the qual­ity of the prod­ucts as the foun­da­tion of a good meal. When­ever pos­si­ble, they use veg­eta­bles from their own gar­den, and ex­clu­sively D.O. Siu­rana oil. Their beef and Iberic pork is al­ways top qual­ity. The lamb is raised lo­cally and the poul­try is cer­ti­fied as an or­ganic live­stock prod­uct.

The cou­ple have re­mained faith­ful to the prin­ci­ples that led to open­ing the restau­rant, and their desserts are pre­pared in their own kitchen. As for the wine, they feel it is im­por­tant that the local Pri­o­rat wines are of­fered at the same price that din­ers will find in the win­ery with only a two euro ser­vice charge which goes for the com­plete wine list.

Litus is a con­nois­seur of wines from Pri­o­rat, and knows and sells them all, and Mia cer­tainly knows the dishes needed to enjoy them to the fullest. La Co­op­er­a­tiva is a restau­rant where din­ers feels at ease and at home, boast­ing a friendly, close at­mos­phere and ex­cel­lent local cui­sine.