2016 Terroir Al Limit Soc. Lda. Priorat Les Manyes

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 95.7 points

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  1/13/2024 - popasq Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This was excellent, decanted it for 2+ hours. To me, slightly below SQN’s Grenache which are out of this world but still excellent.

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  5/1/2023 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Second time drinking this wine, and this time, amidst a lineup of 17 total wines, which makes it hard for an ethereal, soft, graphite-light wine to stand out. Despite that, it still did stand out as a favorite on the night for me and truly special for those who love the world's most elegant reds. Highly recommended.

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  12/20/2021 - martijnkriens wrote: 96 Points

  Incredible. Concentration but still fresh and elegant

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  10/12/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 100 Points

  This is a most beautiful lightweight red in a primary, fresh fruit phase. The only other young, lightweight red I've personally rated 100 was a Rayas. Greatness was far from apparent upon bottle opening. First impressions were of tart, wild raspberry. With 60 minutes of air, pristine fresh raspberry and roses emerged along with a satiny texture and zero off notes. Pure magic by 120 minutes, and then it was gone. I agree with Wine Advocate's rating and wouldn't mind drowning in this. If you own multiple bottles, please try one now. I'd bet it can age well like great Barolo, Beaujolais, and Burgundy, but it's spectacular now in its pure fruit glory.

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  5/5/2020 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points

  I can see the singularity of this wine with a salty rather than fruity appearance and a weightless structure and ultra-fine texture you wouldn‘t find that often in such a hot climate. But is that enough for the perfect score from The Wine Advocate? Not in my opinion. The wine has not nearly enough complexity and was more unique than really good. The ambition of the winemaker is quite obvious here: I want to be the Rayas of Priorat. If so, this wine maybe just needs a decade or more in the cellar to get there closer to that target.
  
  TN: Very fine, subtle red fruit and floral aromas with more minerality, herbs (anis) and salty notes on the nose and especially palate. A bit riper and with dark fruit hints, licorice on day 2. At first not that precise but better with time. Never really complex and intense but it feels very pure. Cool, fresh style without being acidic, ultra-fine tannins, medium length.
  
  Decanting: Better after two hours in the decanter, could probably gain even more with several more hours of air.

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