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Mas de les Pereres

Description Mas de les Pereres

When a Belgian vet falls in love with the Priorat terroir wines.

Regions of Mas de les Pereres

Catalunya

Appellations of Mas de les Pereres

D.O.Q. Priorat

Winemaker Dirk Hoet & Jean Natoli

Owner Dirk Hoet

Founding 1999

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History Mas de les Pereres

Dirk Hoet, the owner, is a native of Turnhout, in Belgium. For years he had been looking for a nice estate where he could produce a great wine ; he went searching in the French South-West and in Italy, before he found what he was looking for in Priorat, at Poboleda. Dirk was trained as a veterinary, and in his first life, he produced cider. It took him some years to go from cider to wine, but in 1999, he bought the Mas de les Pereres and rapidly started to test his winemaking abilities. The estate comprises old vines as well as new plantations, all nicely located on slate terraces. Dirk produces white (Nunci Blanc, Nunci Abocat) and red wines (Nuncito, Nunci Negre, Nunci Costero). All these wines are technically perfect; Dirk is a perfectionist and leaves nothing to chance. “Nunci” means village crier – Dirk named some vines to the ex-crier of the village.

Mas de les Pereres
Poboleda
Poboleda
Tarragona

Varieties Mas de les Pereres

Dirk uses the varieties with which the winegrowers of the great Priorat revival began: Grenache and Carignan (old vines); he also makes good use of Bordeaux grapes - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and even Cabernet Franc, which is unique in Priorat. He also has some Syrah. Dirk’s top wine, the Costero, is 90% Grenache and Carignan (old vines). For his whites, he uses mainly Grenache blanc and Macabeu, and some Muscat for the Abocat.

Terroir Mas de les Pereres

In Poboleda, the soils are made of the typical local slate or “licorella”. These unique soils explain the typical minerality of the Priorat wines. Mas de les Pereres vineyards stand between 350 and 600 m above sea level. This is the highest part of the Priorat. And this means fresher nights, a later harvest and beautiful aromas in the wines. Dirk owns 7 hectares of vines and controls 7 more.

Vinification Mas de les Pereres

Dirk’s whites ferment on their lees. The Nunci Blanc also ferments in oak barrels. For the reds, the winemaking is rather classic, low temperature, remontage and pigeage. A small part of the Syrah is submitted to carbonic maceration. The Nunsweet is a naturally sweet wine, made with grapes dried out in the vines. Mainly Merlot and Grenache. After the harvest, the grapes ferment until there is 45 grams of residual sugar. Then the wine ages for one year in barrels (medium toast or more). Then Dirk blends the wine with his carbonic maceration Syrah, lowering the alcohol from 16 to 15,5%.

150 cl. (Magnum)

Biological

Nunci Cabernet Franc 2018

Catalunya

Mas de les Pereres

D.O.Q. Priorat

150 cl. (Magnum)

red

126,84 € /pc

104,83 € excl. VAT

Assembly

Cabernet Franc (100%)

Content

150 cl. (Magnum)

Year

2018

Description

The name Nunci comes from the fact that Dirk bought his vineyards from the village's cryer - the Nunci.

75 cl.

Biological

Nunci Costero 2012

Catalunya

Mas de les Pereres

D.O.Q. Priorat

75 cl.

red

36,24 € /pc

25,46 € excl. VAT

Assembly

Cariñena (45%), Garnatxa (40%), Cabernet Sauvignon (5%), Merlot (5%), Syrah (5%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2012

Description

The top of this estate's range. Costero is a plot of old vines on sheer slopes of schist (not terraced). It is quite different from the Negre cuvée, both more powerful and more typical of the place (here the French grapes only play a secondary part). Nunci means village crier - the profession of the ex-owner of the estate.

75 cl.

93 Guía Peñin

Biological

Nunci Costero 2013

Catalunya

Mas de les Pereres

D.O.Q. Priorat

75 cl.

red

36,37 € /pc

30,06 € excl. VAT

Assembly

Cariñena (45%), Garnatxa (40%), Cabernet Sauvignon (5%), Merlot (5%), Syrah (5%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2013

Description

75 cl.

91 Guía Peñin

Biological

Nunci Negre 2018

Catalunya

Mas de les Pereres

D.O.Q. Priorat

75 cl.

red

34,71 € /pc

28,69 € excl. VAT

Assembly

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cariñena, Garnatxa, Merlot, Syrah

Content

75 cl.

Year

2018

Description

As it is the case for most new style Priorat wines, Dirk uses a base of Grenache-Carignan (minimum 50%), blended with other grapes, mainly from younger vines. Even though it has a Mediterranean touch to it, this wine is very fresh, maybe thanks to the Cabernet Franc, which is quite rare in this zone. The time of ageing in wood is reduced, so as to limit the oaky notes - and it is a success. An outstanding price-quality relation. The name Nunci comme from the fact that Dirk bought his vineyards from the village's cryer - the Nunci.

75 cl.

91 Guía Peñin

Biological

Nuncito 2021

Catalunya

Mas de les Pereres

D.O.Q. Priorat

75 cl.

red

23,03 € /pc

19,03 € excl. VAT

Assembly

Syrah (38%), Cabernet Franc (22%), Garnatxa (21%), Cariñena (12%), Merlot (7%)

Content

75 cl.

Year

2021

Description

Nuncito (the little Nunci) is somewhat the second wine of the estate, as it uses the grapes of the youngest vines. Hence the diminutive. Its first vintage was 2005.