Alemany i Corrió, Pas Curtei, Penedès, Spain, 2022

Producer Profile

From their base in the town of Vilafranca del Penedès, partners Irene and Laurent are challenging traditional perceptions of DO Penedès wine.

Committed to organic viticulture, they have long since abandoned all forms of chemical treatments and fertilizers, and have a similar contempt for the area’s traditionally high yields. Within their modest cellar, which in part they built themselves, production remains reassuringly small. However, as they identify further small vineyard sites, their range has extended to include distinctive wines of richness and complexity using naturally fermented Xarel-lo.

Viticulture

The vines are trained gobelet and on wires, with vineyards between 15 and 70 years old on clay and limestone soils. Yields are around 4500 kg / Ha. All work is carried out lutte raisonnée.

Winemaking

Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with a small sulphitic pre-fermentative maceration with wild yeast. Malolactic fermentation with wild bacterias in 228 l French oak barrels.

Tasting Note

This Bordeaux-esque wine jam packed full of mouthwatering black fruits with beautiful soft tannins. Intense, moreish with crunchy fruit and plenty of length on the finish.

Food Matching

Steak, Game and Poultry