2016 Historic Blanc
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Their new négoce label. 75% Grenache Blanc, 25% Macabeo. Fermented and aged in concrete. A real smokiness here that I suspect is more terroir than reduction. Bone-dry texture, chalky and fresh, some stone fruit but it’s as much about texture as fruit flavour. Slight and attractive grip. (JH)
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2016 Terroir Históric Blanc is a blend of 75% Garnacha Blanca and 25% Macabeo aged in concrete vats for some six months. They use organically grown grapes that come from their own vineyards and from other growers. It has light skin contact, as it's the traditional "brisat" style, which gives the wine structuring tannins and some herbaceous and spicy notes (they even use stems) that go very well with food and results in slightly lower alcohol. The 2016 vintage is fresher than the initial 2015, which is when they started this project with the idea to deliver affordable wines that have a traditional profile, wines from the Mediterranean but being careful with alcohol. This has 13% alcohol, which is the minimum allowed by the appellation of origin. It's tasty and soft, a tad fresher than the 2015. 6,000 bottles were filled in March 2017.
The 2016 Terroir Historic Blanc is a blend of 75% Garnacha Blanca and 25% Macabeo aged in concrete vats for some six months. They use organically grown grapes that come from their own vineyards and from other growers. It has light skin contact, as it's the traditional "brisat" style, which gives the wine structuring tannins and some herbaceous and spicy notes (they even use stems) that go very well with food and results in slightly lower alcohol. The 2016 vintage is fresher than the initial 2015, which is when they started this project with the idea to deliver affordable wines that have a traditional profile, wines from the Mediterranean but being careful with alcohol. This has 13% alcohol, which is the minimum allowed by the appellation of origin. It's tasty and soft, a tad fresher than the 2015. 6,000 bottles were filled in March 2017. Apr 2018, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Created by Dominik Huber and Eben Sadie in 2001, Terroir al Limit works with old vines and minimal intervention to make a fresher style of Priorat. Now made exclusively by Dominik Huber, its top wines are the single-site Cariñena Les Tosses and Garnacha Les Manyes.
Product details
Grenache Blanc / Garnacha Blanca, Macabeo/Macabeu/Viura
White
Dry