The Torres family run winery first tapped terroir for grapes in 1870. Torres’ headquarters in Vilafranca del Penedès are the roots of a great dream that has grown right from day one. Work developed in Spain, Chile and California that continues to bear excellent fruit.Today, Torres has more than 1300 hectares of vineyard and above all, presence in more than 140 countries where the Torres name is associated with some of the best wines in the world.
The wineries Miguel Torres Salmos is a homage to the monks of the courageous carthusian order, who arrived in ‘Priorat’, in 1095, where they cultivated vines. In 1835 a violent crowd destroyed the work of a lifetime and sacked the monastery, events which later culminated in the auctioning of church lands known as the “Desamortización de Mendizábal”. In 1996 the Torres Family began work on the planting of vineyards on the slopes strewn with the hard, black slate-like “Licorella” stone.
Dark in hue and almost opaque, it is fragrant and mineral on the nose while on the palate it is luxurious and oily, but also silky and with a long finish. This darkly coloured wine is reminiscent of jam and liquorish, over a smooth spicy and toasted background, which comes from The French oak barrels.
When I first sipped this wine I actually let out a little exclamation, a wee wow. I rarely find wines that I really rave about but the smoothness of this red is not easily matched. Salmos is most certainly on my Top Ten Reds go to list.
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