Catalonia's most prestigious wine appellation on ancient llicorella (slate and quartz) soils in the mountains southwest of Tarragona. Old-vine Garnacha and Cariñena produce wines of extraordinary concentration, dark fruit intensity, and mineral depth. Priorat's dramatic rocky terraces — where donkeys are still used because tractors cannot navigate — produce Spain's most expensive and internationally acclaimed wines alongside Ribera del Duero.
| Year | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | Outstanding Priorat vintage; old-vine Garnacha from llicorella expressed extraordinary mineral depth and dark fruit intensity. |
| 2021 | — | Elegant vintage; lower yields from the slate soils produced wines of greater finesse than the region's typical power. |
| 2020 | — | Benchmark year; L'Ermita and Clos Mogador produced internationally acclaimed wines of extraordinary concentration. |
| 2019 | — | Greatest Priorat vintage of the modern era; wines of legendary structure and llicorella mineral intensity. |
| 2018 | — | Excellent vintage; old-vine Cariñena showed its finest expression from the terraced slate vineyards. |