“The first whiff took me immediately to a strawberry and cherry pie, and then there’s layers of rose petals and spice. A refreshing wine, with a bright cherry colour, but surprisingly grippy tannin structure.” – Corlien’s notes

Garnacha Peluda aka ‘Hairy Grenache’ is mutation of Garnacha/Grenache Noir and is known as ‘downy Garnacha’ due to the fact that the underside of the leaves has a hairy (‘peluda’) appearance. Wine from this variety has a lower alcohol content than the other Garnacha varieties.

All grapes are handpicked during the early morning hours and then cooled overnight in a temperature-controlled room at 5°C. 60% of these grapes are then crushed and destemmed, whilst the remaining 40% is fermented as whole cluster. Natural fermentation takes place in open fermenters. Extraction is obtained by light punch-downs twice a day. After fermentation is completed, the wine is left on the skins for another seven days and then pressed to neutral oak barrels. Malolactic fermentation is completed in the barrel. The wine is then racked from the lees and given a low dose of sulphur. The wine spends a total of 10 months in the barrel before it is bottled.

ANALISIS: ALC 14% | RS 2.6 g/l | TA 4.3 g/l | pH 3.86