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Les Tallades de Cal Nicolau 2014

Les Tallades de Cal Nicolau

2014
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95
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TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.0%

The wine

Les Tallades also figures in the Orto Vins singular wine collection, and specifically belongs to Joan Asens. He inherited the estate from his great-great-grandfather Nicolau, who bought a 2.5 ha plot of land and planted on it a very special, but tiny vineyard (0.17 ha) of Picapoll Negre. Nowadays, this grape variety is pretty rare in the Montsant DO and the only one with ungrafted rootstock. The gentle, south-facing, chalky slopes provide some perfect bush-pruned vines, resulting in a final tally of 600 bottles of wine.

The Picapoll variety expresses itself regally in this wine; totally seductive and with a caressing touch, it displays a floral fragrance of lilac and a delicate, pomegranate-seed crunchiness. It really is quite an unusual wine, with notable acidity. A doubly singular wine, which bears no relation to any of the commercially-minded projects coming out of Montsant. Les Tallades is very much an Asens wine.

Ratings and awards

201495 PK
201396 PK
201294 PK
201193 PK
PK: Parker

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The winery

Orto Vins

Orto Vins

Orto Vins is one of the most interesting projects to have been set up in the Priorat region in recent times. Opting for the Montsant D.O, four vinegrowers have joined ranks: Jordi Beltran, Josep M. Beltran, Josep M. Jové and Joan Asens. They have followed in the vine-growing footsteps of their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers, with a long tradition of working in cooperatives, and in 2008 they decided to start up their own winery and make top quality wines. Undoubtedly...

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