Trosset de Porrera

Diego and Eduardo Duran care for a tiny plot of organically farmed vines eking out an existence on a precarious slope of inhospitable quartz and slate just outside the mountain village of Porrera. With a slope at 60% incline, the growing and harvesting conditions are more dificult. Their centenarian cariñena vines are scarcely taller than your hand and produce less than a pound of concentrated, mineral fruit every fall. Dic terraces by hand to plant his Olim vineyard on a cool, windy, north-facing slope up the valley opposite Vall Llach.