Terroir al Límit Priorat Dits del Terra 2021 (6 Bottle) Priorat, Spain
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Vi de Coster, the equivalent of 1er Cru wine. The Dits del Terra can be thought of as Arbossar’s south-facing sibling. It is also 100% Cariñena, from three schist-rich sites where the vines are more than 80 years old. Dits del Terra was one of the first vineyards that Huber and his then-partner, Eben Sadie, acquired when they started making wine together in Priorat.
The south-facing terroir brings more flesh and power, yet also beautiful acidity. This site is currently undergoing organic certification, although the viticulture is, as always, biodynamic.
Huber and Peceric infuse the juice very gently, simply using a jug to pour juice over the top of the whole bunches. From 2021 this wine has been vinified entirely in concrete, so this is the last vintage that has been partially aged in a 3,500-litre Stockinger cask (there will be no release from 2020).
Chiselled, lacey and refined, it’s a beautifully balanced release, flush with pure berry fruit, spice and mineral flavour. The palate is deep and supple with succulent fruit interwoven with all kinds of spice, Mediterranean herbs and floral notes. The finish is long and perfumed with fine, energetic tannins and refreshing lift.
Chiselled, lacey and refined, it’s a beautifully balanced release, flush with pure berry fruit, spice and mineral flavour. The palate is deep and supple with succulent fruit interwoven with all kinds of spice, Mediterranean herbs and floral notes. The finish is long and perfumed with fine, energetic tannins and refreshing lift.
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About Terroir al Límit
Dominik discovers his talent and passion for Mediterranean wine and culinary arts at a rather early stage: at the age of eighteen he visits an old Ligurian Trattoria; one year later he goes on a gourmet trip through Italy, alongside German top chef Karl Ederer, that takes him to various first-class traditional restaurants.
At 27, he starts studying Economics and Marketing in London, Munich and Madrid. In 1996, while still at university, he completes his first internship at the Mas Martinet winery owned by the Perez family – situated in the Priorat, one of the two oldest wine growing regions in Catalonia.
Enthused by his experiences and insights he takes on another internship at the Perez family after graduation in the year 2000 and gets employment as a labourer for a full year. In that time, Dominik encounters Eben Sadie, a highly regarded enologist from South Africa. They become friends and return to the Perez family in 2001 to help harvest the fruit.
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