Terroir Al Limit / Terroir Sense Fronteres
TERROIR AL LIMIT
I tasted a really breathtaking collection of wines here, both whites and reds. Terroir al Límit is one of the names that are defining the Priorats of the 21st century.
I tasted mostly wines from 2015, which seems like a great year; for proprietor Dominik Huber, it is a combination of the experience of the team and the work in the vineyards. The wines seem to be going from strength to strength, with great definition, delineation and freshness, more transparent to the terroir, more about the place than the varietal—even achieving beautiful floral aromas in the Cariñena, a grape often considered rustic. Not here. But this time the high-altitude Garnacha on clay and limestone soils really stole the show... And it seems like 2016, a cooler vintage, could be even stronger based on what I saw in the entry-level wines that were already bottled. LUIS GUTIERREZ
TERROIR SENSE FRONTERES
Terroir Sense Fronteres is the new Montsant project of Terroir al Limit from Priorat. They take the same approach and philosophy to produce wines of finesse and elegance in a Mediterranean style, which means early harvests, full clusters, soft vinifications and élevages without oak, only in stainless steel, concrete and amphorae. The Montals vineyard they own is only a few hundred meters away from their Les Manyes vineyard in Priorat. They do not believe Montsant should be considered a cheaper version of Priorat, so the wines have similar prices. 2017 is their first harvest, and the wines were about to be bottled when I tasted them. They will release three of the wines in April 2018, except one that will be kept in bottle for one more year. The range should grow in the future, as the idea is to have a top white with Garnacha Gris from the cool Cornudella village. LUIS GUTIERREZ
I tasted a really breathtaking collection of wines here, both whites and reds. Terroir al Límit is one of the names that are defining the Priorats of the 21st century.
I tasted mostly wines from 2015, which seems like a great year; for proprietor Dominik Huber, it is a combination of the experience of the team and the work in the vineyards. The wines seem to be going from strength to strength, with great definition, delineation and freshness, more transparent to the terroir, more about the place than the varietal—even achieving beautiful floral aromas in the Cariñena, a grape often considered rustic. Not here. But this time the high-altitude Garnacha on clay and limestone soils really stole the show... And it seems like 2016, a cooler vintage, could be even stronger based on what I saw in the entry-level wines that were already bottled. LUIS GUTIERREZ
TERROIR SENSE FRONTERES
Terroir Sense Fronteres is the new Montsant project of Terroir al Limit from Priorat. They take the same approach and philosophy to produce wines of finesse and elegance in a Mediterranean style, which means early harvests, full clusters, soft vinifications and élevages without oak, only in stainless steel, concrete and amphorae. The Montals vineyard they own is only a few hundred meters away from their Les Manyes vineyard in Priorat. They do not believe Montsant should be considered a cheaper version of Priorat, so the wines have similar prices. 2017 is their first harvest, and the wines were about to be bottled when I tasted them. They will release three of the wines in April 2018, except one that will be kept in bottle for one more year. The range should grow in the future, as the idea is to have a top white with Garnacha Gris from the cool Cornudella village. LUIS GUTIERREZ