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Castell D'encus Taleia 2014 750ml

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750ml
country
Spain
region
Cataluna
appellation
Costers Del Segre
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92
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2018 2014
WA
92
Rated 92 by Wine Advocate
The blend of Sauvignon Blanc with a touch of Semillon, 2014 Taleia, is produced more in the style of a Sancerre than a Bordeaux—despite the blend. The word Taleia means obsession in Sanskrit. This, unlike the Ekam, is bone dry but also has low pH and high acidity. It fermented part in new French barriques, 25-hectoliter stainless steel vats and part in the 12th century stone pools. Forty-five percent of the volume was kept in French oak barrels (hoping it would go through malolactic, but it didn't) and the rest in stainless steel in contact with the lees. The nose of the Sauvignon has a clear herbal twist, with notes of boxwood, some fennel and hints of tomato leaf, all of it in a subtle way, because he doesn't want wines to overpower the senses and wants wine that can be drunk easily. 2014 was also a cold vintage and the wine shows good freshness and a tasty, almost salty finish. 21,157 bottles and 76 magnums. I also tasted the version without added sulphur, which aged exclusively in oak and was taken from the cooler part of the vineyard, and it showed more immediate and intense, with more pungent flavors, more in your face, extraordinarily sharp and focused for a non-sulphured wine.
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Castell D'encus Taleia 2014 750ml

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Region: Cataluna

The beautiful Spanish wine region of Catalunya has a history of viticulture which stretches back for over a thousand years, and has been influenced by a wide range of people who moved through the region, and brought their wine making skills and expertise with them. The region itself is a sizeable one, covering an area of sixty thousand hectares, and within this space there resides over two hundred individual wineries, ranging from small, independent and traditional ones to the larger, mass production bodegas known around the world. The terroir of Catalunya is varied, and ranges from being dry and arid, to more lush and green in the wetter parts of the region which are closer to the coast. This variation in terroir results in a fantastic range of grape varietals being grown, and a wide range of wine styles are produced within Catalunya.
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Country: Spain

For over two thousand years, Spain has been responsible for much of Europe's wine production, making the very best of native grape varietals, and more recently experimenting with and perfecting wines made from imported grapes. Of course, the region of La Rioja is renowned world-wide for the quality and characteristics of its wines, which benefit greatly from the warm, dry continental climate of the area, and the fertile soils of the Ebro river basin. However, there is far more to Spanish produce than the complex, aromatic and earthy red wine of this region, as a result of the vast range of wine making traditions and practices, and terrains and climatic conditions found across the country. The region Castilla y Leon produces some of Europe's finest white wines, and the sparkling wines of Cava and the sherries of Jerez are firm favorites for wine lovers around the world.