Partida Creus Vinel.lo Blanc 2022
HK$ 251.67
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10.5%
Description
In a forgotten farmhouse in the Baix Penedès, a place where the old vineyards seemed to have been abandoned, Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerosa - a couple of Italian architects - found their new language: wine. Their story is one of a radical decision to leave the city behind to listen to the land. In the early 2000s, they began to recover old vineyards planted with endangered native varieties, convinced that in these neglected grapes was hidden the lost soul of the Catalan Mediterranean. Partida Creus Vinel.lo Blanc is born from this irreverent and purist vision. A white wine made from a mosaic of forgotten or underrated varieties: Garnacha Blanca, Macabeu, Moscatel, Vinyater, Xarel.lo, Parsé and Parelleda. Each one contributes its own voice to this choral wine. The chalky and poor soils, dry and ventilated, under a steady sun and a constant breeze coming from the sea, give the wine a wild tension and a mineral character that does not seek to please, but to express. There is no make-up here: what is grown, is bottled. No additions. No concessions.
Winemaking
The vinification of Partida Creus Vinel.lo Blanc follows the credo of minimal intervention: some of the grapes are destemmed, others are fermented with stems, seeking a more rustic, textural complexity. A short skin maceration is allowed, between 1 and 3 days, just long enough for the wine to take on a light tannic grip, an almost leathery dimension. Fermentation is spontaneous, with no added yeasts, no sulphur, allowing the microfauna of the vineyard to tell its own story. There is no fining or filtering, just time and steel: 2 months of ageing in stainless steel tanks, just enough time for the wine to settle without losing its nerve. Each step is an ethical and aesthetic choice. A search for truth.
Taste
Partida Creus Vinel.lo Blanc does not enter shyly. The first contact is tactile: white fruit skin, peach stone, green almond. A sensation of open fields and warm limestone, as if you were drinking the dust raised by the wind in the middle of the day. There is a floral -but not perfumed- touch from the Moscatel, like sun-dried orange blossom. The drink is dry, sharp, but not hostile. A sharp acidity runs through the wine like a backbone, while notes of green apple, fennel and a faint citrus echo(grapefruit zest, lemon zest) make it vibrate in the mouth. There is a beautiful rusticity here, a sense of a lively wine, with yeasts still dancing at the bottom of the bottle. Slightly saline finish, bitter at the edge, like chewing on a sprig of thyme. Persistent without being grandiloquent. More than a wine, a bottled attitude: no make-up, no filter, but full of nuances. For those who seek authenticity over correctness. For those who prefer the countryside to the laboratory.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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