Castell d'Encus Taleia, Costers del Segre, Spain

安卡莊園塔利亞白葡萄酒

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2020 was a cooler year that allowed them to produce wines in the style they want to do, like the 2020 Taleia, which has lower alcohol and more acidity than the 2019, a warmer vintage that I tasted next to this. It's very young, clean, subtle and a little shy but with crystalline purity and focus, a sharp mouthfeel and a bone-dry finish. The inspiration here is the whites from Sancerre; this is made with a majority of Sauvignon Blanc with some Semillon from vines planted in 2003, but the character of the Sauvignon Blanc is quite subtle. It has 12.65% alcohol and a pH of 3.0 with 6.5 grams of acidity. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, part in new oak barrels and the rest in small stainless steel vats and stone pools, where it matured with the lees for some six months. 9,700 bottles and 100 magnums were filled in November 2021.

The 2019 Taleia has a little more alcohol and lower acidity than the 2020 I tasted next to it. This is a riper and softer vintage for this Sauvignon Blanc with a touch of Semillon. It has a soft and velvety mouthfeel, keeping the balance and freshness and the pure and elegant style. There are notes of white flowers and gooseberries, and it finishes dry and with clean, focused flavors. This fermented with indigenous yeasts, part in new oak barrels where it matured (50% of the volume) and the rest in small stainless steel vats and stone pools, where it matured with the lees for some six months, but the wine shows no oak at all. 15,0000 bottles and 60 magnums were filled in October 2020.

Brisat is the Catalan word for "skin contact," a style that was traditionally used in many of the wine regions there. The white 2018 Taleia Brisat is therefore a skin-contact Sauvignon Blanc (in 2018 Semillon was used in other wines) that fermented with the skins as if it was a red and without adding any sulfites. It has a contained 11.86% alcohol and very high acidity and low pH that should make it age nicely. The vines were planted at high density in 2003 on limestone-rich soils. All of the wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts, this one in the 12th century stone lagars, and the punching down of the grapes (without stems) with the skins was ultra light to avoid extracting bitter notes. It then matured in French oak barrels for 10 months. So, the skin effect on the nose and even the color is quite light. Amazingly enough, there are no added sulfites here, and the wine is clean and precise, with no deviations whatsoever. This is very tasty and has very fine tannins and a subtle minerality that is a chalky texture. 4,500 bottles were filled in July 2019.