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Sense Fronteres Guix Vermell 2017

Sense Fronteres Guix Vermell

2017
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£328.45

/ 0.75 L btl

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti13.0%
Production1,200 bottles

The wine

Over 75-years-old Grenache vines grown at altitudes. A dream of a wine which will put this appellation on the international stage.

What does this wine taste like?

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Ruby red / Purplish glints
Bouquet
Plums / Berries / Liquorice / Graphite / Asian spices
Mouth
Austere / Mineral / Balanced / Fresh / Fine tannins / Long

Drinking and storing

Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC

Ratings and awards

202197 PK
201997 PK
201896 PK
PK: Parker

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

The Montals vineyard, planted with Garnacha some 60 years ago, is located at the top of the Montsant vineyard after the Mas Deu part of Priorat once you cross the border into Montsant. So, the grapes that go into the 2017 Montals were sourced from basically the same terroir as Les Manyes from Priorat, which is why this wine can have so much in common with the Les Manyes bottling from Terroir al Limit. The full clusters fermented in amphorae for about one week to ten days, then they were pressed and put back in the amphorae, where the wine was kept until bottling. This is the more powerful and energy-loaded red here, a little more Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Proprietor Dominik Huber told me he does not want to offer the same quality as Les Manyes at a cheaper price, so he set the same price for it. I do not get the same complexity and depth I get from Les Manyes here (and I also previewed the components of the hypothetical Les Manyes the same day I sampled this), even if it's very elegant, fine and long, with a refined palate and a velvety texture. It's lively and vibrant, without the earthy character I get from many amphora wines. It's a pure expression of Garnacha on red clay and limestone soils at high altitude, in a cool part of the appellation. The wine felt relaxed and harmonious. The flavors have great purity and definition, and the wine is very long. A very impressive debut. They expect to fill some 1,000 bottles in March 2018, but the wine won't be released until after one year in bottle.

— Luis Gutiérrez Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2017 - 95 - 97 PARKER

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Vineyards

Vine age75 years
SoilRed clay / Chalk
ClimateMediterranean
Surface area4.00 hectares

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