2021 Nin-Ortiz Selma de Nin Blanco
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | |
| Winery | Nin-Ortiz |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Grape | , , Roussane, |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2032 |
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Description
Ester Nin and Carles Ortiz are the proud owners of this tiny wine estate with vineyards in Porrera and Torroja and in Gratallops. Ester is an oenologist and biologist and originally comes from the higher part of the Penedès, in El Pla de Manlleu. Carles is responsible for the vineyard, together with his mules Negret and Max. Ester is best known for her work as oenologist of Clos Erasmus in Gratallops and of NUN, the top white wine of Enric Soler in the Penedès, of which she vinified the first vintages. In all her projects she resolutely opts for biodynamics.
The Selma has a beautiful nose with floral and herbal notes that are somewhat reminiscent of a Savagnin from the Jura. It is a complex and unusual blend of 25% Roussanne, Marsanne, Parellada Montonega and Chenin Blanc that was aged for 12 months in 225 and 300 liter oak barrels and two years in bottle. It has pure and elegant flavors, subtle and elegant, with a long finish. Ivan de 2021 were produced in only 1,900 bottles and all bottles are numbered
Specifications
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Catalunya |
| Winery | Nin-Ortiz |
| Grape | Chenin Blanc, Parellada, Roussane, Viognier |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2032 |
| Alcohol % | 12 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 95
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$100
Drink Date:
2024 - 2030
The 2020 Selma has a beautiful nose with notes of flowers and spice that somewhat reminds me of a Savagnin from Jura. It's a complex and unusual blend of 25% each Roussanne, Marsanne, Parellada Montonega and Chenin Blanc that matured in 225- and 300-liter oak barrels for 12 months and was kept in bottle for two years. It's tasty, with clean and elegant flavors, subtle and elegant, with a long finish. I found it really impressive. 2,350 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2022.
Carles Ortiz and Ester Nin produce 30,000 bottles, 100% of them with grapes from their own vineyards. All of their vineyards are certified organic and biodynamic, but they still don't have the certification for the wines.
2021 was an atypical year, with a big snowstorm in January, a cooler year but not as much as 2013, 2010 or 2018, and they said it was a more Mediterranean version of 2020. They harvested late, the alcohol was lower (they had some difficulties to achieve the minimum alcohol required by the appellation in some wines), and the wines are fresher but the ripeness was good (looking at the polyphenols and so on).
There will be a new Garnacha from young vines in La Coma d'en Romeu. They have been planting small plots (and replacing dead vines) in their old vineyards, a trend that I see in many producers as they have to get ready for the future; if you want old vines in 50 years from now, you have to plant them now! They are also extremely worried about the lack of water and have dug a well in their Planetes vineyard that gives them very little water, but at least it's something.
Unfortunately, Cariñena Blanca, the white mutation of Cariñena, is still not approved by the Priorat appellation, mainly because it's a grape that delivers wines with moderate alcohol—a blessing in the warm climate, a grape resistant to drought and pat for the climate change—usually below what the appellation requires (13% for whites). They had applied for an exception to this rule for the wines produced with Cariñena Blanca to be allowed at 12.5% alcohol, but it was rejected. So, after 11 vintages, their white is still an experimental wine.
Published: May 16, 2024
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Ester Nin and Carles Ortiz are the proud owners of this tiny wine estate with vineyards in Porrera and Torroja and in Gratallops. Ester is an oenologist and biologist and originally comes from the higher part of the Penedès, in El Pla de Manlleu. Carles is responsible for the vineyard, together with his mules Negret and Max. Ester is best known for her work as oenologist of Clos Erasmus in Gratallops and of NUN, the top white wine of Enric Soler in the Penedès, of which she vinified the first vintages. In all her projects she resolutely opts for biodynamics.
The Selma has a beautiful nose with floral and herbal notes that are somewhat reminiscent of a Savagnin from the Jura. It is a complex and unusual blend of 25% Roussanne, Marsanne, Parellada Montonega and Chenin Blanc that was aged for 12 months in 225 and 300 liter oak barrels and two years in bottle. It has pure and elegant flavors, subtle and elegant, with a long finish. Ivan de 2021 were produced in only 1,900 bottles and all bottles are numbered
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Catalunya |
| Winery | Nin-Ortiz |
| Grape | Chenin Blanc, Parellada, Roussane, Viognier |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2032 |
| Alcohol % | 12 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 95
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$100
Drink Date:
2024 - 2030
The 2020 Selma has a beautiful nose with notes of flowers and spice that somewhat reminds me of a Savagnin from Jura. It's a complex and unusual blend of 25% each Roussanne, Marsanne, Parellada Montonega and Chenin Blanc that matured in 225- and 300-liter oak barrels for 12 months and was kept in bottle for two years. It's tasty, with clean and elegant flavors, subtle and elegant, with a long finish. I found it really impressive. 2,350 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2022.
Carles Ortiz and Ester Nin produce 30,000 bottles, 100% of them with grapes from their own vineyards. All of their vineyards are certified organic and biodynamic, but they still don't have the certification for the wines.
2021 was an atypical year, with a big snowstorm in January, a cooler year but not as much as 2013, 2010 or 2018, and they said it was a more Mediterranean version of 2020. They harvested late, the alcohol was lower (they had some difficulties to achieve the minimum alcohol required by the appellation in some wines), and the wines are fresher but the ripeness was good (looking at the polyphenols and so on).
There will be a new Garnacha from young vines in La Coma d'en Romeu. They have been planting small plots (and replacing dead vines) in their old vineyards, a trend that I see in many producers as they have to get ready for the future; if you want old vines in 50 years from now, you have to plant them now! They are also extremely worried about the lack of water and have dug a well in their Planetes vineyard that gives them very little water, but at least it's something.
Unfortunately, Cariñena Blanca, the white mutation of Cariñena, is still not approved by the Priorat appellation, mainly because it's a grape that delivers wines with moderate alcohol—a blessing in the warm climate, a grape resistant to drought and pat for the climate change—usually below what the appellation requires (13% for whites). They had applied for an exception to this rule for the wines produced with Cariñena Blanca to be allowed at 12.5% alcohol, but it was rejected. So, after 11 vintages, their white is still an experimental wine.
Published: May 16, 2024
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