Ester Nin and Carles Ortiz met in 2007 at a biodynamic seminar in Catalonia — a meeting that would give rise to one of the most exciting estates of the “third wave” of Priorat, alongside such notable names as Clos Mogador, Mas Martinet, and Clos Erasmus (where Ester Nin, incidentally, continues to manage the vineyards). Based in Porrera, they cultivate their plots according to strict biodynamic principles as members of the organization “La Renaissance des Appellations,” founded by Nicolas Joly.
Planetes de Nin comes from Finca Les Planetes, a vineyard of old Garnacha and Garnacha Peluda vines approximately 70 years old, planted on terraces on the mountainside, between 300 and 500 meters above sea level, on the deep schist soils (llicorella) characteristic of the Priorat. The grapes are harvested exclusively by hand; fermentation occurs spontaneously with the estate’s native yeasts; and aging takes place in neutral containers—large oak casks, demi-muids, or amphorae—without the addition of sulfur, to preserve the fruit’s full purity.
The result: a wine of great elegance, with a freshness and drinkability that are rare for the appellation, where the fruit and spices shine through without ever being weighed down by extraction or oak.
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