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Terroir al Límit Les Manyes 2019

£177.16 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

£168.32/ud (-5%)

Terroir al Límit
Priorat

7 for immediate shipment

Parker Points: 99
Peñin Points: 97

£177.16 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland

£168.32/ud (-5%)

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

I think the 2018 Les Manyes is more in line with the 2016 than the 2017 is, more elegant, precise, fresh and subtle. This is very young and undeveloped, very primary, a bit shy, and it takes time to take off in the glass to reveal notes of violets and strawberry leaf, elegant and nuanced. The palate is very balanced and elegant—it's a very pretty wine. This is very young and needs air and time in the glass if you open a bottle any time soon. My guess is that this is gong to develop very slowly in bottle, developing complexity and nuance with time. It's a superb vintage for Les Manyes. 3,338 bottles were filled in September 2020.

Features

Description

Terroir al Límit Les Manyes is a jewel that defies colour and style in search of its provenance. When those roots come from Les Manyes, there is no need to wonder why.
This wine originates from the top of a monastery in the village of Scala Dei, 800 metres above sea level on the steep slopes of the Montsant mountains. The west-facing Grand Cru vineyard of Les Manyes is a universe in itself.
The Garnacha Peluda vines that grow there are a rare variant of the Garnacha Tinta, more popular in the region. These vines have a fine fuzz on the underside of their leaves that retains moisture in the intense heat, allowing them to thrive even in this hot and challenging climate. Lower sugar levels also mean lower alcohol levels, giving an unmistakable brightness and elegance to enhance depth and concentration. The distinctive clay and limestone rich soils mark the Garnacha fruit with a minerality, structure and elegance that could only come from one place, one time, one wine.

Winemaking

The grapes are hand harvested, whole cluster fermented and then the wine is aged for 8 months in cement vats.

Taste

Terroir al Límit Les Manyes is the flagship of Terroir al Límit, being one of the elusive wines with 100 Parker points (2016). Each iconic sip weaves a rich, complex web of smoke and stone, fragrant black cherry brilliance and savoury mountain herbs; a delicate bitterness settles like a cool morning mist over the whole, lending structure, shape and elegant expression, both now and in the long, lovely future. The wine also has structure and concentration, but it doesn't show it, or just shows it in a subtle way. Les Manyes has an electric palate with a lively, almost citrus acidity. Every year, the wines seem to get better and better? Where is the limit?

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