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Familia Nin-Ortiz Planetes Blanc Priorat 2023

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95 -Jeb Dunnuck -

The 2023 Planetes Carinyena Blanca is all White Carignan, a variety the producer discovered but was not accepted into the appellation. The family has also pushed to have lower ABV requirements for the wines to be accepted as Priorat and this has slowly happened as well – with the 2025 vintage, the whites can be as low as 12.5% rather than the previous 13%. Barrel and concrete egg-fermented after a meticulous selection in the vineyard, the wine is creamy and balanced, tasting of earth and pear, just outstanding in its balance and light-bodied complexity. Drink now and over another 10-12 years.

94 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

The 2023 Planetes de Nin Carinyena Blanca saw a big change. They stopped the skin contact, and the profile of the wine has changed; it's a lot more expressive, open and floral, more serious too, more mineral and finer-boned. It matured 70% in barrels and 30% in concrete egg. It has a pungent palate with deep flavors and a chalky texture. And it has more ripeness, with 13.2% alcohol, which means more development of aromas and flavors in the wine, which they think is because it comes partly from a slope and before it was from flat vineyards. 6,350 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2024.

91 -Gismondi on Wine -

Founded in 2000 by married duo Ester Nin (winemaker) and Carlos Ortiz, the winery is based in Porrera, the Priorat village closest to the sea. The current population there is 500 + 4 mules. 100 years ago, Porrera has 2,000 people with 500 mules, so the area has been neglected for some time. They farm all their vineyards, here and in Penedès biodynamically. This carignan blanc, a mutation found at their site, is off 26 year old vines grown on licorella soils at 330m. It macerated for 2 days before fermentation in 70% barrel / 30% concrete egg. Creamy and lees-led, with white peach, perfumed pear, and fine spice rolling along the stony palate, structured via the mica / quartz / slate soils. Striking. 6756 bottles produced.

Technical Details

Blend 100% Carignan Blanc
Winemaker Ester Nin and Carles Ortiz
Country Spain
Region Catalonia/Catalunya
Appellation Priorat
Farming Method Certified Organic and Biodynamic Practices
Oak 70% in oak barrel
Fermentation 2 days with 70% in barrel and 30% in cement egg
Aging / Cooperage aged for 8 month with 70% in oak barrel and 30% in cement egg
Alcohol 13.0%
Production 563 cases

Familia Nin-Ortiz Planetes Blanc Priorat 2023

Name: Familia Nin-Ortiz Planetes Blanc Priorat 2023
Brand: First Bottle
SKU: 2000326
Price: 34.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Other White | Catalonia/Catalunya

JD95, WA94, GW91

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Certified Organic and Biodynamic Practices

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750ML

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Ester Nin and Carles Ortiz are one of Priorat’s most fascinating partnerships: Ester from the celebrated Nin-Ortiz winemaking family, Carles a Barcelona native who left the city behind in 1998 to purchase 18 hectares of steep, mountainous land outside Porrera, the Priorat village closest to the sea. By 2000 the land was organic, and the couple produced their first official Priorat vintage in 2008, farming the estate biodynamically on iron-rich licorella schist and crafting wines of extraordinary terroir specificity. The Planetes Blanc is one of the most unusual and compelling whites in all of Spain: 100% Carinyena Blanca (white Carignan), a rare mutation discovered on the estate’s own vines and grown on 26-year-old plants at 330 meters altitude on the estate’s Les Planetes parcel. Starting in 2018, Carinyena Blanca became officially authorized to carry the DOQ Priorat designation, and Nin-Ortiz was among the primary forces behind its recognition.

The 2023 was harvested by hand, given a brief 24-hour cold maceration before spontaneous fermentation in a combination of old French oak and concrete, then aged for approximately 9 months on lees before release without fining or filtration. With just 6,756 bottles produced, it is about as limited as Priorat blanc gets. On the nose it is expressive and aromatic, with white flowers, dried herbs, chamomile, and wax over a stony, licorella-driven backbone. The palate is creamy and lees-led yet structured and saline, showing white peach, perfumed pear, and fine spice rolling across a chalky, mineral finish that is unlike any other white in the collection. A genuine rarity at an incredible price. Grab it before it’s gone.

About The Producer

After obtaining a degree in Biology at the University of Barcelona then a subsequent degree in Enology, with an emphasis on biodynamic and organic viticulture, Ester Nin took a position at Mas Martinet in the village of Porrera in 2001. Raised in the Alt Penedes, she felt right at home in the Priorat and eventually became the viticulturist at Clos i Terrasses where she transitioned the vineyards to biodynamic farming. In 2004 Ester bought a 7 acre parcel of old vine Garnatxa and Carinyena in one of the highest sites in the Priorat. A few years earlier, Carles Ortiz from Barcelona, and a trained Enologist in his own right, had purchased 12 acres of vineyards outside of Porrera called Finca les Planetes. Both Carles and Ester were early proponents of biodynamics in the Priorat, both lived in Porrera and both were young and available and thus Familia Nin-Ortiz was born.

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