Envinate Misturado de Abelada 2022

Envinate Misturado de Abelada 2022This wine is a field blend, with about 65% red grapes (Mencia, Brancellao, Alicante Bouschet, Mouraton, Gran Negro) and 35% white grapes (Godello, Torrontes, Treixadura, Albario, Doa Branca). From a plot of 80 year old vines at roughly 650m above sea level by the Sil river with gneiss and schist soils. It is planted in the old style of co planting white and red grape varieties. The vineyard was harvested together and foot trodden, then fermented 100%

"The birth of mass production social cooperatives in 1900 made it possible to transform this region

This is his version of what he thought a Jurançon wine could taste like

and was certified organic in 2019

finishing with racy acidity and a deeply satisfying leesy crunch

and Carmenere

unfiltered and with just a tiny dose of sulfur

cranberry and clove

anise and ripe yellow apple

He crushes these

What do heirloom grains taste like

Mostly soft

Neutral Oak Hotel Red is a blend of 46% Grenache rosé