Terroir al Limit Dits del Terra 2019

Terroir al Limit Dits del Terra 201995 pts Robert Parker Wine Advocate Drink Date: 2022 2029 The wines are very transparent with the vintage, and the 2019 Dits del Terra shows the openness of the year, a wine that is expressive and aromatic, charming and approachable but still serious and very mineral with fine tannins. Part of the wine matured in oak foudre, making it a little more classical. It has 14% alcohol but feels very balanced, and the alcohol doesn't show. 4,006 bottles

and this brings a sense of greater volume in terms of mouthfeel

Aging: The wine is aged in oak barrels for enhanced complexity and depth

This is 95% Sangiovese

Planted all to UC Davis clone 4

Dönnhoff is happy that nothing “slid into overripeness”–apart from the Auslesen–and notes that the wines have good acid structure with moderate alcohol and that sufficient moisture meant great extracts

at 470m altitude

all Barbarescos that are deeply expressive of site

Argentiera is the estate closest to the sea and also highest in altitude

The bush vines are not irrigated and no chemical fertilizers are used

The wine is bottled without fining or filtration

aged 12 months in used French oak barrels (no new wood)

Cold clarification at 12ºC