Familia Nin Ortiz - Nit de Nin Priorat La Coma d'En Romeu 2021 (750ml)
Price: $175.00
| Producer | Familia Nin Ortiz |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Catalonia [Catalunya] |
| Subregion | Priorat |
| Varietal | Grenache |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 6426 |
| Size | 750ml |
After studying oenology at university Ester Nin settled in Priorat in 2000 began working for Mas Martinet. She now works as viticulturist for Daphne Glorian at Clos i Terraces. But in 2003 she began a side project called Nit de Nin, buying a 1.5 hectare high altitude plot of vines growing in blue and black slate on a north facing slope.
Charles Ortiz had moved to the region from Barcelona and owned 18 hectares of vines in Finca las Planetes which he had bought in 1998, the grapes from which he sought to sell, in part to Clos I Terraces. It was at Clos I terraces that Ester and Charles met and out of that gestated the Family Nin-Otiz Label.
The first wine - from Planetes - was produced was in 2008. Now they produce five different Priorats and two wines from further afield in Penedes.
There are no terraced vineyards here. The slopes, located called costers - must as a result be worked by man and mule. High density planting is used for the Carignan used in the partida Planetes cuvee, which they believe gives smaller grapes and allows fo the inclusion of stems during fermentation.
Of the Priorats the two tops level wines are Mas en cacador and Coma d’en Romeu - these both from old vines. From younger vines three different Planetes are made.
There is a recognition that the types of shist in Priorat vary greatly. In Planetes the schist has more iron - giving a deeper wine with spice notes. Under Mas d’en Calcador the shist includes layers of clay and as a result is more friable. Coma d’en Remeu is different again, the shist having and browner tone and containg more silica.
The estate is organic. Grapes are a mix of Grenache, Carignan and a grape that appears to be a blend of the two called Garnacha Peluda. Maceration is a long four or five weeks with carefully sorted grapes, with particular focus on eliminating any raised grapes. Punch downs are once per day. Aging is in 3000L Foudre for the Partida, whereas Nin de Nin is in barrels of varying sizes. Some wine is aged in amphorae.
