2018 Scala Dei, "Cartoixa", PrioratThe 2018 Scala Dei Cartoixa is not just a flagship wineit is the foundational wine of Priorat. This is the estate that gave the region its name, born from the Carthusian monastery of Scala Dei, where monks terraced these brutal slate hills and began growing vines nearly 900 years ago. When Cartoixa was first bottled in 1974, it became the first wine released under origin in what would eventually become DOQ Priorat. Everything that followed traces back