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Terroir Sense Fronteres Guix Vermell 2018

$34900
This is the wine that started it all. Els Montalts is a tiny 4-hectare vineyard that sits at a dizzying 800 m of elevation. Located only a few hundred meters away from Les Manyes, and the first vineyard as one crosses from Priorat into Montsant, the vineyard’s name features the local terms for its red clay and gypsum soils. The 45-year-old Garnacha vines that thrive there show an unparalleled beauty and elegant finesse. Vinification and aging occur in Italian terracotta amphoras, maintaining a consistent and natural connection with the clay from vine to bottle. Amphora maceration lasts 7 - 8 days, lending subtle oxidative touches to the wine, along with a signature minerality. After fermentation, the wines are further aged in the same amphorae for up to 6 months to ultimately reveal an unparalleled expression of the Montsant terroir. The refined beauty of this dry red is less taste than experience. A wild ride of tension, depth and complexity. The lithe aromas and flavors move like a dancer across the nose and palate from deep red and blue fruit to stone to spice with a consistent velvety texture. It belongs to a place and a time, and as such is a true mirror for the power, mystery and beauty of its region.

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More about Terroir Sense Fronteres

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.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Grenache

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Earthy , Fruity , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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