Some phone shots made last October during the Garnatxa (#Grenache) harvest in #Priorat. The whole terrain is on a steep slope so everything is done by hand. It's called Heroic #Viticulture for a reason. The quality of the grapes is exceptional, grown with zero chemical intervention and totally organic. One of my favorite spots.

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#Carignan (Carinyena or Samsó in Catalonia) is an #autochthonous, very old Spanish variety that starts its journey in Aragon / Catalonia and becomes wildly adopted throughout the Med.

Fast forward several centuries later and its cultivation is so endemic that vignerons are actively encouraged to please plant something else under the EU “vine pull scheme” regulations.

Which brings me to this potent 100% organic Carinyena of 2020 made by Celler Aixalà Alcait, which smells older than it tastes with its tertiary hints of stewed cherries, fresh tobacco, recently vacated leather sofa + dry-cured ham left behind on a plate.

On the palate perhaps not quite there yet although it would make a happy pairing it with something roasted and dripping in fat. It really needs to hide in a cellar for the next four years to reach its full potential.

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Have started using the #MemorableWine hashtag, one that I will use sparingly and only for wines that left and orgasmic imprint on my parietal lobe.

Like yesterday's 2021 Terme de Laureano 3 by Laureano Serres

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Some harmless #wine sniffing and tasting:

a one year old 100% #ecologic #Maccabeu by Moisés Virgili Rovira for his 9+selecció at La Nou de Gaià;

It comes from vines planted in poor calcareous soil, exposed to the Marinada (wind from the sea).

Grapes come from small parcels and are hand picked.
No added sulphites, indigenous yeast, medium skin contact for that "orange" complexity.

Live round acidity that lingers, a little pollen, touch of tannins, orange peel, salty marzipan, uncrushed thyme, apricotty finish.

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