Terroir al Límit Priorat Históric Negre 2018

Terroir al Límit Històric Negre is a Grenache and Carignan blend made in the proportions Priorat used a generation ago.

Terroir al Límit works at the lighter-handed, more transparent end of Priorat, a region better known for concentration. Negre is roughly seventy-five per cent Garnacha and twenty-five per cent Cariñena, the balance that was standard here before the modern revival brought in Bordeaux varieties and new oak. A good share of the Garnacha is grown high in the Montsant ranges on clay-limestone soils, while the remainder of the fruit comes from vines on the slate and schist llicorella that gives Priorat its savoury mineral signature. Fermentation is whole-cluster with indigenous yeasts, and the wine is then aged for six months in a 5,000-litre concrete tank, so there is no oak character at all. It is the estate's most accessible bottling and a clear statement of intent.

Approachable now and good over eight to ten years. Serve at 16-18°C with grilled lamb, slow-cooked beef or a dish of roast root vegetables.

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