Terroir al Límit Priorat Históric Blanc 2022 (6 Bottles) Priorat, Spain

Name: Terroir al Límit Priorat Históric Blanc 2022 (6 Bottles) Priorat, Spain
SKU: 67504
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Terroir Históric is Dominik Huber’s homage to the wines of Priorat before the arrival of the high-octane winemaking techniques from France and, before the influence of stateside wine advocates. With this idea to create an all-encompassing view of Priorat, the vineyards for Históric cover multiple soil types and terroirs across Priorat’s concertinaed hills: from slate to clay and granite to alluvial; from aubagues (shady spots) to solanes (sunny spots); and from 350 metres to 800 metres in altitude. All sites are certified organic.

This white is crafted from 75% Grenache Blanc and 25% Macabeo, roughly the same blend as would have been used generations ago. Over the years the style has lowered its reliance on skin contact, so today the grapes are mostly pressed as whole clusters, with the juice wild-fermented and raised on lees for six months in a 5000-litre concrete tank. No destemming, no stainless steel, no pigéage, no extraction and no new oak—nothing added, nothing taken away.

With ripeness and texture balanced by supercharged acidity, 2021 is a great vintage for this producer’s white wines. The new release is a meadow fresh and floral dry white, gently grippy and full-flavoured with a juicy, vivid palate shaped by grapefruit notes and invigorating freshness. Plenty of mojo this year.

Category: Blanc

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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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