2016 Les Tosses
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A spectacular nose of ripe berry fruits, herbes de Provence, dried flowers, iron, and bouquet garni defines the 2016 Les Tosses, which is another 100% Carignan from this terrific estate sourced from a single vineyard of old vines outside the village of Torroja. Medium to full-bodied, flawlessly balanced and elegant on the palate, it has an incredible sense of finesse and purity, awesome minerality, and the tannin quality is off the charts. This is a gorgeous, elegant, perfumed and complex wine that does everything right. Drink bottles any time over the coming 10-15 years.
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The 2016 Les Manyes is a hard act to follow, but I could have said the pure Cariñena 2016 Les Tosses was a Garnacha, such is the elegance and the floral, nuanced nose! This might be the most elegant Cariñena out there. It comes from a very old, steep vineyard in the village of Torroja on very dark slate soils. It matured in an oak foudre, quite old, and there is a nice note of graphite and wet slate, red and black cherries and a spice touch. It has great freshness, good acidity and is fluid and relaxed, powerful yet elegant and harmonious. 2,668 bottles were filled in July 2018.
The purity to this 100% cariñena is very, very impressive with rose petal, tar, asphalt and dark-fruit character. Full body. Tight and compact with beautiful depth and endless length. So much graphite and intensity. Chewy at the end. Drink after 2021.
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.