Barranco Oscuro 'V de Valenzuela' Granada White 2020

Barranco Oscuro 'V de Valenzuela' Granada White 2020Press 4 White December 2023 Direct Press Selection Manuel 'Manolo' Valenzuela of Barranco Oscuro was exiled in France during Franco's reign, but he has been living in the unforgiving Sierra Nevada mountains since 1979, working the highest altitude vines in Spain (second highest in Europe) and bottling wines there since the mid 1980s. Allegedly he was the first to receive organic certification in Spain, but it was not up to his standards of natural

where everything is done by hand

The palate is a firm yet nuanced blend of cherry

He grows Menu Pineau

Partial carbonic maceration

Stored in climate controlled horizontal unit

herbal tinge

but with some patience it will be an interesting

and today the estate’s organic certification and biodynamic farming practices reflect the brothers’ enduring commitment to the environment and sustainability

planted 5 years ago and managed only with horses

carbonic maceration

Press 4 White • November 2023 Direct Press Selection

is co-fermented with crushed Sauvignon Blanc grapes