Grapes: Monastrell
Region: Alicante, Spain
Vintage: 2022
Viticulture: Organic + Biodynamic
Vinification: Manual harvesting in 15 kg boxes, followed by fermentation with very gentle skin contact, without pumping over and with only one punching down per day. One third of the grapes ferment in whole bunches, without destemming or crushing, and the rest of the grapes ferment destemmed but without crushing. Total skin contact time 7 days.
Aging: 9 months in tanks
Fining or Filtering: None
Sulfur: None added
Notes from the Importer: Andres Carull's family has been making wine in Alicante for decades. At a very young age, Andres already knew what he was going to dedicate himself too. However, a visit to Bordeaux in 2008 introduced him to natural wine; turning his winemaking passion towards this ‘old-but-new’ path.
The seed planted in Bordeaux in 2008 has has now blossomed into a personal project dedicated to producing stripped-back, honest wines that truthfully express his countryside, heritage and people.
Vibrant wines from living vines. Andres works exclusively with local grape varieties such as Montastrell, Garnacha, Garnacha peluda, Rojal, Tortosina, Moscatel and Malvasía using nothing but fermented grape juice.
He farms the 20 hectares organically and biodynamically. Half of vineyards surround the town of Villena at over 600 meters above sea level and the other half are located in La Mata Natural Park right on the Mediterranean coast. Unfiltered, unfined, no sulphur added.
