Terroir Sense Fronteres — Catalan for ‘Terroir Without Limits — is a celebration of Grenache, and an oft-misunderstood region, Montsant, the mountainous region that fully surrounds the more famous DO of Priorat. Dominik Huber, a talented and deeply passionate winemaker, manages to showcase Grenache’s delicate, nearly ethereal side, and from Montsant’s soils he extracts impressive minerality. He's one of Catalonia’s top winemakers, and a superstar of the New Spain movement, a loose union of winemakers who value Spain’s long winemaking history — and its old vineyards, many of which have lay abandoned for decades. Their farming methods are low-intervention, and most eschew techniques of over-extraction or the over use of new oak.Many winemakers see Montsant as 'Priorat Jr.', and work to maximize extraction, body and alcohol. Dominik, on the other hand, focuses on its incredible terroir: steep mountains, soils of clay, limestone and gypsum, and perhaps most importantly, a distinct diurnal shift (warm, sunny days and cool nights). All the farming is organic (and manual — the only non-human help in the vines is a mule named Frida), and no oak is used, just cement and stainless steel, to retain the integrity of the fruit and the land.
Details
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Grape Variety
Grenache
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Vintage
2018
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Organic
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Style
Earthy , Fruity , Minerally
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Medium Bodied