Stratum Wines 'Maulao' 2022

Stratum Wines 'Maulao' 2022Press 4 Red July 2024 Direct Press Selection Stratum Wines is a project from Bodega Cerrn in Jumilla, helmed by the fourth generation of the Cerdn family: siblings Carlos, Juanjo and Luca. The family biodynamically farms about 30 hectares of high altitude ungrafted vines, mostly Monastrell, on calcareous soils. Their farming was certified organic in 1989 and were certified biodynamic by Demeter in 2021. There are abundant cover crops in the vines,

Organic Chardonnay from Macari Vineyards on the North Fork of Long Island

This is Pais with depth and complexity - and as it’s open to some air -  it shows its wild strawberry

This wine is most well known for its creamy body and full spectrum of flavors from a wild fermented brew

and much of the vineyard has been left unpruned for the past several years

facing the Alps

the wine is pressed to stainless steel tank to rest before being bottled without fining

Bursting with plump

temperature-controlled facility

and the winery is a retrofit within an apple cold store building on an orchard

biscuit notes

This is a wine that cries out for food

though you can more commonly find wines in the mold of this from a younger generation thumbing their noses at the template set by Robert Parker