2008 Recaredo Turo d'en Mota
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I had tasted the regular 2008 Turó d'en Mota in September 2022. The potential 2008 Enoteca Turó d'en Mota, with a couple of years more in bottle with lees, was not that far from the phenomenal showing of its younger brother. 2008 was again a year of contrast; after a moderately warm and dry autumn and winter, the spring was marked by rain: in May, they got 155 liters from the total 431 of the year (well below the historical average of 528). Average daily temperatures were slightly above average (15.8 degrees Celsius versus 15.6 degrees Celsius), but the year was definitely considered a cooler year. The grapes, 3,717 kilos, were picked the 3rd of September, delivering a yield of 21.3 hectoliters per hectare. The wine has moderate ripeness and alcohol and very good freshness. It has lots of finesse, elegance and herbal freshness. It is expressive and open with developed notes of camphor. It seems to be evolving at a very slow pace.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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Their top wine is the single-vineyard Xarel.lo 2008 Turó d'en Mota, named after the origin of the grapes. 2008 was an exceptional year in the zone, and the wine fermented in 300-liter oak barrels and then was put to referment in bottle, where it spent no less than 155 months (12 years and 11 months!) with the lees. 2008 produced healthy clusters of extraordinary acidity, ideal for the long aging, and it has only 11% alcohol, an incredible pH of 3.02 and six grams of tartaric acid. Maybe I'm influenced but the nose, but the aromatic palette from this wine is completely different from the rest of the portfolio, with green olives, curry, spices, toast and smoke and wet chalk, all in a very subtle way. This has density, fine tannins and citrus freshness that makes you salivate. This is a superb white wine that happens to have bubbles... A completely different wine, full of personality and character. This feels very young and undeveloped, as it's aging at a glacial pace. Winemaker Ton Mata told me other 2008s have evolved in a very positive way. The wine has been certified organic and biodynamic since the 2010 vintage. 4,317 numbered bottles produced.