Master Class with Anne Cannan of Priorat's Clos Figueras

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We don’t do wine classes on Friday nights. But if getting flexible was what it took to create this evening with Anne Cannan and the wines of Priorat’s Clos Figueras, well that’s what we’re going to do! Join us on Friday, October 3, at 7pm to explore some glorious wines from Spain’s rugged Priorat region, made and brought to you by a family that helped put Priorat on the map.

It’s hard to believe that Priorat, now one of Spain’s benchmark wine regions, was pretty much invisible until the 1980s.  That’s when René Barbier and friends arrived and began making truly fine wine from the steep and treacherous slate-covered hills inland from Barcelona. Barbier founded Clos Mogador and his friends, collectively called the “Gang of Five” joined with  Clos de l’Obac (Carles Pastrana), Clos Martinet (Josep Ll. Pérez), Clos Dofí (Álvaro Palacios) and Clos Erasmus (Daphne Glorian).

Shortly after, Bordeaux-based importer Christopher Cannan found, fell in love with, and began bringing Priorat to the USA.  And when Barbier showed him a stunning old and abandoned Priorat vineyard plot near Gratallops in 1997, Cannan made the transition from importer to winery owner. Just three years later, the first vintage of Clos Figueras was released.

There’s a lot more to the story than that, and Christopher’s daughter and Clos Figueras winemaker Anne Cannan, will fill in the gaps as we get to know an delightful and exciting range of wines, including two rare white Priorats.  We’ll get to know:

Clos Figueras Serras del Priorat White 2023
Clos Figueras Font de Figuera Priorat White 2023
Clos Figueras Serraas del Priorat 2023
Clos Figueras Font de la Figurea Priorat 2019
Clos Figueras Priorat 2020
Clos Figueras Priorat 2019

For long-time CBC Priorat fans, here’s one last reason to make time on your Friday night: the oenologist at Clos Figueras is our good friend Silvia Puig who also makes her own En Numeros Vermells wines!  Over 90 minutes or so, you’ll enjoy meeting Anne, a great set of wines, and light and wine-friendly snacks in our downstairs classroom.

It’s rare for us to hold a Friday night class, but this opportunity is rare and delicious enough to justify the stretch.  Join us!