ANIMA MUNDI 2020 XAREL-LO, ALT PENEDES

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Item #:
383542
Bottle Size:
750ml
Quantity On Hand:
10
$39.95
ORGANICALLY FARMED
NO ADDED SULFITES

This is another example of the new wave winemakers, learning lessons from traditional sources on how to make high quality, small-production wine that is both delicious and reflective of the place from which it comes! Xarel-lo is a leading white variety in the areas around Barcelona, and most commonly found in Spain's famous sparkling wines (Cava, Conca del Riu Noia). With a firm acidity and a moderate aromatic intensity of lemon-lime citrus, white-fleshed stone fruits and fresh herbs. This bottling keeps the usual refreshing, medium-light-bodied character of Xarel-lo, but with a depth and elegance that catches your attention.

"Xarel-lo is from a single, north-facing vineyard named “Vinya del Boet Vell,” planted in 1978. The grapes are skin-macerated for 48 hours before pressing into old 500L French oak barrels and 600L clay amphorae to ferment with natural yeasts, where the wine ages for about 8 months without any stirring.

Intent on displaying the true essence of these particular microclimates of Penedès, Agustí works without any additions (including sulfur) or interventions in the winery; he uses clay anfora, concrete and used French oak barrels for fermentations and aging; and the finished wines are not fined or filtered.

There is something unique about the terruño of Penedès and Agustí Torello Roca is on a quest to showcase it. Through single parcels and the most respectful of farming and winemaking, Agustí is here to reveal the soul of the Alt Penedès....

Agustí, for his part, believes wine also has the power to convey this soul of the world [anima mundi]: as the revelator of the soil, the living things, and the human traditions of a place – and the complex relationships between these that animate traditional viticulture. To Agustí, wine is more than a beverage, and each bottle expresses the anima mundi, rooted in these Penedès vineyards. " - JOSE PASTOR SELECTIONS
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