2019 Domaine de L'Horizon 'Mar i Muntanya', IGP Cotes Catalanes, France

2019 Domaine de L'Horizon 'Mar i Muntanya', IGP Cotes Catalanes, France

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L’Horizon’s “Mar y Muntanya” (“Sea and Mountains” in Catalan) combines 45% each Syrah and Carignan with a splash of Grenache, and it’s made partly in cement vats and partly in large oak barrels. This is a wine that shows adamantly just how distinct Calce is from the larger Languedoc-Roussillon region. Thomas employs semi-carbonic maceration to give 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.

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