Terroir al Límit Priorat Históric Negre 2021 (6 Bottles) Priorat, Spain

by Fine Wine Cellars

$379.00 GST Included

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The Históric Negre is made from 75% Grenache and 25% Carignan—roughly the same blend as used in this region a generation ago. A healthy dose of the Grenache was grown in La Morera, high in the Montsant ranges on clay/limestone soils, and the remainder of the fruit came from vines throughout Priorat, grown on the slate and schist, providing savoury minerality. Fermented whole-cluster and with indigenous yeasts, the wine was then aged for six months in a 5000-litre concrete tank.

The style is juicy, lifted and enticing, with violet-infused red fruit, subtle spice and earthy, smoky tones. It’s a lovely, old-is-new-again Priorat that’s packed with pure fruit and minerality, with no hint of oak treatment. It has a long, juicy finish with just a pinch of very fine tannins. As has come to be expected, this represents outstanding value for money, and we challenge you to stop at just one glass.

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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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