Scala Dei - El Tribut Priorat | Spanish Red Wine

It is well known fact that in the 1980s a group of “hippies”, the renowned René Barbier, Carles Pastrana, Josep Lluis Pérez, Daphne Glorian and Álvaro Pérez, arrived in the forgotten Priorat to breathe new life into it and make great wines. It is an unforgettable success story that has changed the area forever. However, much earlier, in 1973 Cellers Scala Dei was the first winery dedicated to selling bottled wines and the founder of the DOQ Priorat. A direct descendent of the tradition of the Carthusian monks who settled in the Carthusian monastery of Santa María de Escaladei in the 12th century and began cultivating vines in the area, this winery has now been renovated by the Codorníu Group who make wines that showcase how they have gone back to the origins.