Domaine de l'Horizon Cotes Catalanes Rouge 'Mar i Muntanya' 2023

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Domaine de l'Horizon Cotes Catalanes Rouge 'Mar i Muntanya' 2023Mar y Muntanya (Sea and Mountains in Catalan) combines 45% each Syrah and Carignan with a splash of Grenache, raised in a mix of cement vat and large oak barrel. Semi carbonic maceration gives this wine a certain lift and fruit driven exuberance, though its easygoing vinification does nothing to hamper its expression of stoniness and garrigue y depth. This wine has the spirit of a Cte de Beaune rouge, showing just how distinct Calce is from its

it may strike one as the southerly country cousin of Morey-Saint-Denis

and neutron-star-dense black fruits

The combination of high altitude and pure granite soil (hence the name) yields a taut

Fully de-stemmed and given a three-day pre-fermentation cold soak

full bodied and lively

kinetic palate

The two types of grapes are harvested by hand and vinified separately before blending

with relatively low acidity

Their parcel is dominated by granite and is planted to vines that are of an average age of fifty years

in the “Le Lys”

While perhaps less honeyed and floral than the Clos des Oratoriens bottling in some vintages

including salami