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Wine-Pages89/100
From Terra Alta again, this is 60% Grenache with Carignan, Syrah and Merlot. It spends a year in French oak, and weighs in with 14% alcohol. A whole spice cupboard of aromas open up, exotic and perfumed, with bloody and gamey notes too, a slick of ripe cassis and black cherry and lots of tobacco too. There's a helluva lot going on - a fair bit of it oak-derived at this stage, but it has a deep well of fruit too. In the mouth it is powerful and driven by a combination of fruit and oak-dominated flavours. It stays dry, and it is edged with a chicory bite of tannin and dark acidity, the spices building again, softened by a touch of chocolate and vanilla. Big, good and impressive, though for me a little less oak would improve it.
Tom Cannavan - Wine Pages
Tom Cannavan - Wine Pages
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Celler Pinol
| Celler Piñol is located in the well-named southern Catalan DO of Terra Alta, with most of its vines located at an altitude of over 450 metres. A fourth generation winemaking family, the Piñols exploit their limestone soils with an imaginative palette of varieties and winemaking pragmatism. Their very popular tourist apartments underline the broader attractions of this alluring region. |
Terra Alta
Terra Alta
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There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.
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Garnatxa (Grenache) leads the friendly assault on the senses here with Cariñena (Carignan), Syrah and Merlot lending strong support. Chalky soils on eponymous high ground have yielded a wine with crunchy fruit, and smoky balsamic elements courtesy of the year’s barrel ageing.
Simon Field MW - Wine Buyer
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