Les Manyes 2022

Wine Description for Les Manyes 2022 by Terroir al Limit

Colour & Appearance

Transparent, luminous ruby red – the clarity and brilliance already reveal in the glass the altitude and the precise work in the vineyard.

Nose

An aromatic fireworks display: black cherries, dark berries, plum compote and plum dominate with lavish fruit. Beneath shimmer cloves, black pepper, delicate smoke notes and a hint of toffee. The nose suggests youthful accessibility – yet this wine demands time and large glasses to unfold its full complexity.

Palate

Here reveals the true greatness of this Priorat: profound and refined at once, powerful without brutality. The fresh fruit is framed by a tightly drawn, fine-meshed tannin corset – precise as a ballet dancer, defined as a poem without superfluous words. Every component sits exactly where it belongs. The sharply contoured structure gives the wine backbone and tension, without ever becoming loud.

Finish

Long, fruity-herbal, with sustained mineral precision and a fine bitterness that underscores elegance and depth.

Terroir & Origin

The rare Garnacha Peluda grows at 800 metres altitude above the Scala Dei monastery in chalky clay soil with westerly exposure. The fine down on the leaf underside – namesake for „Peluda“ – helps the 60-year-old vines retain moisture in the dry climate. This extreme altitude grants the wine its impressive freshness.

Grape Variety & Vinification

100% Garnacha Peluda, hand-harvested, whole-bunch fermentation, maturation in cement – a purist vinification that gives maximum expression to the terroir. At only 13.5% alcohol, a textbook example of elegance over power.

Food Pairing Suggestions

Pan-roasted duck breast with cherry sauce, braised lamb rack with herbs, game dishes, aged Manchego or Catalan stews.

Special Characteristics

A wine that proves great Grenache need not be opulent. Terroir al Limit demonstrates with Les Manyes the cool, mineral side of Priorat – a counterpoint to power and alcohol, a homage to precision and provenance.