+++ Shipping ONLY FROM/TO mainland EU Zone - NO UK/NO ISLANDS +++ +++ No grouping of lots. Each lots ships individually +++ 1 x Bottle of 2016 Les Manyes from Terroir Al Limit in the village of Scala Dei in the heart of the best Priorat region in Spain. This is one of the ultra limited 2868 bottles produced. A true collectors bottle and impossible to find due to its very limited quantity this is a perfect example of what Grenache can deliver in the Priorat. Ready to drink it will continue to gracefully evolve for another decade (or more). Bottle is absolutely mint as per pictures. From our private stock collection - Kept in our controlled temperature cellar in pristine conditions. About Les Manyes ------------------- The best wines defy color and style in pursuit of provenance. And when those origins are Les Manyes, one need not ask why. Situated at the top of a monastery in the village of Scala Dei, 800 meters up the high slopes of the Montsant mountains, the west-facing Grand Cru vineyard of Les Manyes is a universe unto itself. The Garnacha Peluda (literally: Hairy Grenache) vines that grow there are a rare variant of the region’s more popular Garnacha Tinta. They are equipped with a fine downy fuzz on the underside of their leaves that conserves moisture in the blazing heat – allowing them to thrive even in this hot and challenging climate. Lower sugar levels also mean lower alcohol levels, lending an unmistakable brightness and elegance to enhance the depth and concentration. The distinctive chalk-rich clay soils mark the Garnacha fruit with a minerality, structure and elegance that could only ever be one place, one time, one wine. The grapes are hand harvested, whole cluster fermented, and then aged for 8 months in cement. The jewel of the Terroir al Límit flagship Range, Les Manyes is one of the elusive 100-parker-point wines (2016). Each iconic pour weaves a rich and complex web of smoke and stone, fragrant black cherry brilliance and savory mountain herbs; a delicate bitterness settles like a cool morning fog over the whole, lending structure, shape and an elegant expression, both now and for a long, lovely future to come. Tasting Notes ------------- 100 Points Wine Advocate (Luis Gutierrez 2019) The 2016 Les Manyes is aromatic with tantalizing aromas of wild berries and herbs, flowers, a touch of forest floor and something salty. This has a lighter color and comes from a healthier vineyard that gives slightly higher yields (it was not in good shape); the vineyard is in a high-altitude place where they escape the heat of the Priorat. Of course the soils are completely different—they are limestone instead of slate and have more in common with Montsant than the majority of Priorat. The nose could be a mixture of a great vintage of Château Rayas and a traditional Nebbiolo from Piemonte. It's beautifully textured, with refined, chalky tannins and a medium to full-bodied palate, with no room for sweetness but with the volume of ripe Garnacha, pungent flavors and a very long finish. I just couldn't get myself to spit the wine! This is as far removed from a sweet wine as possible: This is a salty wine, a wine for food, a wine for gastronomy. The nose kept changing in the glass, developing new nuances with time—aromatic, intoxicating and attractive, with a kind of magnetism that made me go back to the glass over and over again. I could smell this for hours... I don't think Priorat gets much better than this! Bravo! 98 Points James Suckling (2019) Incredible perfumes of dried strawberries and flowers. Mesmerizing. Full body. Very linear and racy with ultra fine tannins. Creamy with lovely polish. Extremely long and intense. Goes on for minutes. No wood. Aged in large cement tanks. Pure garnacha. Shipping is from/to EU MAINLAND ONLY (no islands) in certified protective cardbox.