Clos Salanca Paired Dinner - VC King
Fri, Oct 06
|VC King
Join us in welcoming David Forer, MW, as he guides us through his personal wine project in Priorat, Clos Salanca. Wines are accompanied by a 4-course meal by chef Nick.
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2023, 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. EDT
VC King, 224 King St W, Toronto, ON M5H 1K4, Canada
About the Event
Clos Salanca is a winery in , Catalunya, Spain making small quantities of from estate vineyards. Grapes are grown the way the original monks farmed - no chemicals, no irrigation, planted in rough and inhospitable slate soils. Bush trained, each vine holds on its own against the harsh Priorat elements. Winemaking sees no new oak, larger barrels, restrained extraction, just as the monks would have done.Priorathand-crafted wines
The project was born when Toronto born, left his pharma career in San Fransisco to pursue a Master of Wine. He uprooted his family and they jumped on a plane to Barcelona, where he met his now business partner Franck Massard. Together they purchased Clos Salanca. David Forer,
The vineyard had been and impeccably managed. Beyond that, the which is unheard of in most of Europe. organic for 20+ years oldest vines on the plot were planted in 1915,
Now, 6 years into the project,…