Recaredo Turó d'en Mota 2009
123.45₣ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
When I tasted all 25 vintages of Turó d'en Mota in October 2023, the 2009 Turó d'en Mota was the current release. That was only a few months ago, and today, the 2010 is ready to be released also. 2009 was a short vintage, with 3,814 kilos of grapes, or 22 hectoliters per hectare, picked very early, on the 19th of August. 2009 was a warm year, with an average temperature of 16 degrees Celsius, a little above the historical average of 15.6 degrees Celsius. It rained more during autumn, but the summer was dry; the total precipitation was 492 liters, close to the historical average of 528 liters, but distribution was irregular. The summer was warm and eminently Mediterranean. It's very Burgundian and smoky, with great complexity, with some reminiscences of Sherry, like if the wine had aged under flor. That makes it very spicy, with notes of curry and fennel. It's lively and powerful, surprisingly pale. The wine was disgorged after 160 months in bottle with lees; that's 13 years and four months. It was disgorged in May 2023.
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Alcohol
12.0%
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Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 100 months in bottle with natural cork bung.
Description
Turó d'en Mota is a wine that expresses the ancestry of the land where it was cultivated, defining its taste as chalky and combining it with the goodness that the proximity to the Mediterranean brings.
It is made from the processing of the xarel-lo grape and a minimum percentage of another type of this fruit, grown on a hill called Turó d'en Mota, which explains the origin of its name. With regard to the viticulture techniques, the application of chemicals is kept to a minimum, focusing more on the natural.
Recaredo's Turó d'en Mota wine is a sparkling wine that not only denotes the simplicity and elegance of an occasion, but also the feel of a wine with an artisanal flavour.
Elaboration
The elaboration of this wine begins with the cultivation of the fruit using traditional techniques, and using calcareous soils, which are characterised by the scarce presence of organic matter.
Once harvested, the grapes are subjected to a first fermentation process, where the intervention of labour and chemicals is limited, since the philosophy of Recaredo wines preserves the naturalness in its essence.
Afterwards, the wine is aged for 2 weeks in oak barrels and then aged for 10 years in the bottle, using a natural cork as a stopper. Disgorgement is carried out manually and at room temperature.
Taste
With the wine Turó d'en Mota de Recaredo you will taste the perfect balance between elegance and intensity. Its fine and delicate bubbles, together with the citric tones and the hint of nuts, are perfectly integrated to denote the perfection of a sparkling wine.
A quality sparkling wine
The wine Turó d'en Mota of Recaredo is classified, according to the critics, as one of the Catalan sparkling wines with more quality, because in each sip you will notice the elegance, comparable to a good Champagne. It is ideal for tasting with foie gras or dishes that include seafood.
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