Cellers Fuentes is the family winery founded in 1995 by Josep Maria Fuentes in Bellmunt del Priorat, sold under the Gran Clos brand. Fuentes revived old Grenache and Carignan vines — some over a hundred years old — spread across plots such as Aubages, Quisens, Carners and Finca el Puig, building up roughly 30 hectares of estate vineyard within DOQ Priorat.
The winery's range runs from Gran Clos, the flagship wine made from selected old vines, to Cartus, a prestige cuvee produced only in exceptional vintages from century-old Grenache. The lineup also includes Finca el Puig, the rosé 365 Rose, and the white Gran Clos Blanc (formerly known as Vinya Llisarda). The terroir of llicorella - dark slate streaked with quartz, characteristic of Priorat - shapes the mineral character of the wines.
The Fuentes family also grows almonds and olives and produces small quantities of olive oil on the same estate. The wines have received recognitions including a Decanter Gold (2020) and a Brussels Gold (2020), and have appeared on Wine Spectator's Top 100 list.
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Sources: granclos.com · turismepriorat.org · guiadevinos.wein.plus