Terroir al Limit is a winery in the Priorat region of Spain.

Founder owners: Dominik Huber (German) and Eben Sadie (South African).

Vineyards: Terroir al Limit’s Les Manyes vineyard lies at 900 metres (feet) in the village of La Morera de Montsant which straddles the northern boundary between Priorat and the Montsant regions.

WIinemaking: Coke Balon Jiménez is quoted (by Andrew Jefford, March 2018) as saying that the aim is to have fresh (juicy) grapes, not over-ripe, raisined ones, hence the move to higher altitudes and earlier picking.

White wines

Terra de Cuques: 2012 Pedro Ximenez, Muscat of Alexandria. ’12 days of skin contact. 30mg/l sulfites,’ (Isabelle Legeron, 2014, p.156).

Pedra de Guix:

Red wines

Priorat DO Tinto, Les Manyes: Grenache Noir (Garnatxa) planted in the mid-1930s and mid-1940s. Clay soils. Vines up to 800 metres (2,600 feet). | 2011 25mg/l total sulfites (Isabelle Legeron, 2014, p.190).

Priorat DO Tinto, Les Tosses:

Priorat DO Tinto, Dits del Terra:

Priorat DO Tinto, Arbossar:

Contact

Terroir al Limit

C/ Baixa Font, 12

43737 Torroja del Priorat, Spain

Website: www.terroir-al-limit.com

Bibliography

Andrew Jefford, ‘High ambition’, Decanter, March 2018, p.55.

Isabelle Legeron MW, Natural Wine, An introduction to organic and biodynamic wines grown naturally (2014, Cico Books, London & New York).

Oz Clarke, Oz Clarke Wine A-Z (Pavilion, 2015), p.259.