Spain, DO Alicante
Muscat d'Alexandrie
Description
The Montgó mountain has a treasure dated from the 6th century BC, an Iberian village fortified with the necessary technology To make and breed wine. In 2017 the potter Carles Llarch creates with the land of our farm and based on the plans of the archaeological site, an amphora R1, that emulates that ancestral production to claim the merit and dignity of our ancestors and our land. In the palate it is complex, dry and saline, we distinguish its Micro-oxygenation and its yeasts, in retronasal remember the fresh butter. Bottled on April 2, 2020 Production: 1400 bottles of 0.75L
Awards
- This wine has not yet received a recognition
Alcohol
13.0%
Analytical data
dry
Vinification
Fermentation with own yeasts and aging for 7 months on its mud amphora lines of 350L, without cold and with the same intervention. It is not tartarically stabilized, so it can present precipitated crystals The amphora has been raided once, to preserve the character of the plots and vintage
Vineyard
100% Muscat of Alexandria cultivated in two plots: Les Freses (red clay soil) and L’Alquería del Colomer (limestone), both at sea level. Our 6.5 ha vineyard is planted on a double guyot trellis and has an average production per hectare: 3500kg / ha The harvest is manual in boxes of 12 kg with selection and destemming table, which this vintage was made August 17, 2019, each plot at its optimum maturation moment
