Partida Creus HY Hydromiel 2021
HK$ 303.22
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Alcohol
10.5%
Description
Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerosa do not make wines, but liquid pulses of the Catalan landscape. Arriving from industrial design in Turin, these two rebels from the Penedès left the city to surrender to the fertile chaos of the countryside. In Bonastre, among clay and limestone soils bathed by the Mediterranean breeze, they decided to listen to what others did not hear: the whisper of forgotten varieties, spontaneous micro-fermentations, the possibilities beyond wine. Thus Partida Creus HY was born, an ancestral mead that defies labels.
It all starts with his own honey, harvested on his farm, diluted in spring water until it reaches a sugar concentration of 180-200 g/l. But for Massimo, fermentation cannot be a mere chemical reaction: it has to have a soul. That is why he waits until the final harvest of Parellada, an austere, luminous white grape, which he uses for this radical experiment.
Winemaking
After a light two-day maceration and gentle pressing, some of the skins come into contact with a mixture of honey and water, as natural fermentation starters. This step is considered key, as it provides not only the indigenous yeasts necessary to initiate fermentation, but also phenolic and textural compounds that contribute to the complexity of the final product. No added yeasts, no obsessive control: just time, intuition and the cycles of the must.
Partida Creus HY Hydromiel is not filtered, not clarified, not tamed. At carefully observed densities(1010 to remove the skins, 1001 for bottling), fermentation is closed in the bottle, like the great ancestors. No sulphites, no corrections, no artifice. Just the slow rhythm of the indigenous yeasts, releasing very fine bubbles and creating a product halfway between mead, wine and liquid poetry. Partida Creus HY Hydromiel is bottled without disgorging, which leaves a veil of sediment that evolves over time and adds complexity.
Flavour
Partida Creus HY Hydromiel does not allow itself to be classified: it invites you to close your eyes and let yourself go. On first contact, a burst of honeysuckle, raw honey and sea saltiness seduces the senses. It is refreshing without being trite, sweet without being cloying. The texture is unctuous, slightly waxy, like a caress of beeswax on a living tongue.
Then a vinous note emerges, as if the Parellada is remembering its winemaking past and bringing its edge to the table: a taut, almost stony minerality balances the sweetness and adds depth. It is puzzling, perplexing and fascinating at the same time, with a vibrant acidity that invites further exploration.
Ideal with washed rind cheeses or fruit and herb desserts, Partida Creus HY Hydromiel is not just a drink: it is a threshold to another way of understanding fermentation, earth and flavour. Like everything born at Partida Creus, it challenges, surprises and -above all- endures.
Shipping to Hong Kong
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