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Instabile No.9 Mea Culpa 2018

23,00 

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Instabile No.9 Mea Culpa 2018

23,00 

  • 🎨 ColorThe text gives no direct information on the colour of the wine.
  • 👃 AromaReductive notes, wet stones, table chalk, timid fruit, beetroot, blackcurrant leaves, black walnuts, liquorice, unroasted coffee.
  • 👅 TasteCarbonic acid, juicy freshness, tart tannin, fruit-spice-tannin play, delicately bitter.
  • 🎭 CharacterMinimal intervention, without noticeable influence of oak barrels, without excessive extraction, without sulphites and enzymes, distinctive tannin structure.
  • 🍽️ Food recommendationsFalafel in tomato sauce, swordfish roulades with blood oranges, lamb kofta with aubergine cream.
  • Special featuresPart of the Vins Nus series, radical alternative, pure expression of Grenache, parts destemmed and spontaneously fermented, matured in ceramic eggs and stainless steel, bottled unfiltered and unfined.
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Tasting note from from 28.04.2021, Copyright Sebastian Bordthäuser

Alfredo Arribas' Vins Nus series is a family of minimal intervention wines from the north of the region. Sourced from high altitude vineyards, they are the more radical alternative to Arribas' Montsant and Priorat wine lines. Characterized by controlled omission, they are produced with virtually no noticeable oak barrel influence, no excessive extraction, no sulfites and no enzymes. With distinctive tannins as a backbone, they are designed for several years of bottle ageing.

The InStabiles are wines from the Vins Nus series are produced without any intervention and renounce origin as well as vintage continuity. They are etudes in the art of "assemblage", the blending of grapes in traditional, artisanal cellar work - Wine Craftwork, as Arribas likes to call it. The numbers of the series denote the ongoing projects from the series.

The Mea Culpa is the ninth project from the InSTabile series and is dedicated to the pure expression of Grenache. Grown at 450-500 meters, Mea Culpa is a cuvée of Garnacha Tinta and Garnacha "peluda", a thick-skinned, acidic mutation of Grenache Noir. Half of the grapes were destemmed and the other half fermented spontaneously in steel with stems. One half matured in ceramic eggs, the other remained in stainless steel before the disparate lots were blended and bottled unfiltered and unfined.

Nose

On the nose, the 2018 Mea Culpa InSTabile No 9 from Alfredo Arribas is reductive at first, with wet stones and blackboard chalk garnishing the timid fruit, which is very buttoned up and only becomes more talkative with sufficient aeration. Beetroot and the leaves of the currant bush set vegetal accents, spicy aromas of black walnuts, liquorice and unroasted coffee.

Mouth

The Antrunk is initially characterized by some carbonic acid, which is not a shortcoming. If you don't like that as a stylistic device, grab the carafe and plunge the unstable fellow headfirst into the hollow body. Juicy fresh with tart tannin, the CO2 soon takes its leave and lets it glide over the palate in vibrant transparency. The interplay of fruit, spice and bitter tannin gives it a peculiar attractiveness and above all a rapid drinking flow.

Food recommendations from Sebastian Bordthäuser

  • Falafel in aromatic tomato sauce with cinnamon, corinader, almonds and raisins
  • Roulades of swordfish with braised blood oranges in olive oil with oregano and black olives
  • Lamb kofte with eggplant cream

Allergens

Contains sulfur

Winemaker

Vins Nus

Country

Spain

Region

Priorat & Montsant

Vintage

Variety

Content

Alcohol content

Residual sweetness

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Acid

6,2 g/l

Drinking temperature

17°

Manufacturer

Vins Nus SL, c/ Claravall 2, 08022 Barcelona / Spain