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MERITXELL PALLEJÀ TORRENT
100% Cariñena (Carignan) grapes. Torrent is a single varietal Carignan wine from the small boutique producer Meritxell Palleja, made from grapes harvested from a small parcel in Gratallops which is only 0.84 hectares in size. The grapes are de-stemmed, and macerated with two punching downs a day. Vinified in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeast then aged 13 months in new French oak barrels with an additional 12 months of bottle aging.
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MERITXELL PALLEJÀ NITA
Nita by Meritxell Palleja is a fantastic expression of the Priorat region and a wine which we instantly fell in love with. Unlike a lot of Priorat wines it is both soft, generous, and warming in the mouth without being over extracted or overwhelmed with oak flavours. The wine is a blend of 45% Grenache, 35% Carignan, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Syrah which is fermented in a combination of stainless steel and cement tanks. It has gorgeous dark red fruit flavours, bramble fruit and beautiful spice notes. It is fresh on the finish and a wine than has been made with a lot of love and care.
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VINA ZORZAL PUNTO DE FUGA CORRAL DEL MATE
The 2019 Punto de Fuga Corral del Mate is from their joint venture with Matías Michelini from Argentina. It comes from a 0.53-hectare plot within the paraje Corral de los Altos on limestone, schist and alluvial soils and was fermented with 100％ full clusters in 1,000-liter vats and matured in a used 500-liter oak barrel for 15 months.
It has the finesse of the Lecciones de Vuelo and the ripeness and depth of theSeñorade las Alturas, so it’s quite complete with the purity and freshness that seems to define their style, with imperceptible oak and varietal character but with great complexity and nuance.It’s medium-bodied and reveals very fine，chalky tannins and terrific balance, finishing dry with the limestone sensation. A wine to convince terroir deniers … Only 660 bottles of this low-yielding vintage were filled in July 2021.
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VINA ZORZAL LECCIONES DE VUELO (BY FREDI TORRES)
The 2019 Lecciones de Vuelo（by Fredi Torres）was produced together with the Galician / Swiss / Priorat winemaker Fredi Torres.They selected Garnacha from a very stony plot in Pontigos that fermented with 5％white grapes and full clusters in a 1,000-liter vat with indigenous yeasts and later matured in a 700-liter Nomblot concrete egg and a used 500-liter oak barrel for 15 months.
It has a bright red ruby color and a bright red nose with a mixture of wild berries,flowers and herbs that is quite attractive but also subtle. There’s purity and balance; the wine seems fragile, but it’s well built. It has pungent and lasting flavors and finishes very clean and precise.There is great finesse.It has an impactful label a fun combination of the zorza/ (thrush bird and a Swiss Army knife. 1,450 bottles were filled in February 2021.
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VINA ZORZAL MATIAS MICHELINI GARNACHE
Another of the reds from the paraje El Corral de los Altos in Fitero is the 2019MatíasMichelini GarnaCHE produced by Matías Michelini from a 0.84-hectare plot in the zone. He fermented the grapes in an open pool and open-top barrels with full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured the wine in three used 500-liter oak barrels and a 1,200 Flextank plastic egg for one year.
This is very young and primary, with the wild and slightly raw style from Michelini, with the slight influence from the stems，with abundant, grainy tannins and a vibrant finish. This is going to develop nicely in bottle, and the earthiness and the wilderness should be softened by the time in bottle. 3,600 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2021.
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VINA ZORZAL GARNACHA
The incredibly young and juicy 2020 Garnacha was produced with grapes from different villages，CorellaCintruénigo, Fitero and Lerga, hence a regional blend that for the first time contains grapes from the cooler Lerga that adds lower pH, more freshness and complexity to the blend. They do a soft extraction in stainless steel using 20％full clusters and indigenous yeasts achieving a wine with moderate alcohol（13.47％）and good freshness（pH 3.47)
Felt like the wine had gone one step up in complexity and depth from the previous vintage; it’s precise, harmonious, elegant and nuanced and keeps varietal purity.It’s medium-bodied and has very fine tannins with herbal freshness, reminiscent of acid berries and bay leaf. One to buy by the case … 137,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2021. -
VINA ZORZAL NAT’COOL
The second vintage produced in collaboration withMatíasMichelini is the 2020 Nat’Cool. It was produced with Graciano that was picked early to achieve a wine with 12.4％alcohol and a low pH of 3.38（and 5.55 grams of acidity measured in tartaric acid. The destemmed grapes fermented in concrete and stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in concrete for six months. There’s an herbal quality to this that makes it quite different. It has a medium body and round tannins and some pungent flavors. 3,000 one-liter bottles were filled in March 2021. -
MERITXELL PALLEJÀ MAGRAN
Magran by Meritxell Palleja is an unctuous, terroir driven wine made from 100% Grenache. It has beautiful aromas of wild black cherry, balsamic notes, Mediterranean herbs, ripe red fruit, and toasted oak notes. The grapes come from a steep terraced vineyard in Partida Les Manyetes de Gratallops which sits on hard black slate soil and was planted in 2008. It has a wonderful aspect picking up the sun all day long. The wine is aged in French oak for 13 months.
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MERITXELL PALLEJÀ LA COSTA DEL RIU
100% Garnacha (Grenache) grapes. La Costa del Riu is a single varietal Garnacha wine from the small boutique producer Meritxell Palleja, made from grapes harvested in the vineyard La Costa del Riu which is only 0.5 hectares in size. The grapes are de-stemmed, then macerated with two punching downs a day. Vinified in stainless steel tanks with indigenous yeast then aged 14 months in new French oak barrels with an additional 12 months of bottle aging.