Terroir al Limit | Priorat | Terra de Cuques blanc | 2022 | 750ml

Description

Product description for Terroir al Limit Terra de Cuques blanc 2022

Wine Information

The white Terra de Cuques is a blend of 60% Garnacha Blanca and 40% Pedro Ximenez (PX). The vineyards are located at altitudes of up to 600 meters, at the foot of the Montsant Mountains. Winemakers Dominik Huber and Tatjana Peceric ferment the whole-bunch grapes spontaneously in steel and concrete tanks. The white wine then matures for six months in concrete tanks. Although the wine has not been aged in wood, it is full-bodied and complex.

Colour

Golden

Nose

As with some Terroir al Limit wines, this wine also has that stimulating, subtle reductive note. The bouquet is complex and highly intense: it contains aromas of apple, quince, and pepper; it is spicy and wonderfully fresh.

Palate

On the palate, this white wine is full-bodied and creamy, quite powerful, but not heavy. It has fine, silky tannins and is excellently structured—the skin contact during fermentation certainly plays a role here. Considered for the hot 2022 vintage, this wine is also impressively fresh and citrusy. It also develops plenty of grip and tension on the palate and has a spicy, mineral finish that lingers. It’s nice to see that invigorating spiciness doesn’t necessarily come from wood aging, or even from omitting the wood. All in all, this is a very gastronomic wine that practically demands a food pairing.

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Wine Advocate

Score: 93

A white blend of 70% Garnacha Blanca and 30% Pedro Ximénez, the 2022 Terra de Cuques Blanc comes from younger, 25- to 30-year-old vines on slate soils. It fermented with full clusters for three to five days in concrete and stainless steel and matured in concrete for six months. It has a little less alcohol (13%) and mellow acidity. It has a beautiful bright yellow color and a very expressive nose of pollen, beeswax, chamomile tea, dry flowers, a little balsamic, showy and clean. The palate is tasty, with lightness, elegance and purity, very tasty flavors and a soft texture. 8,908 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2023.
Luis Gutiérrez

Producer website: https://terroir-al-limit.com/