Espelt Viticultors
Les Elies
2019
Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen (DO)
Region
Cataluna
Appellation
Empordà
Varietal(s)
Grenache Noir
Alcohol percentage
15,4%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Sugar content
0,7 g/l
Producer's website
About this winery
Overlooking the Mediterranean and sheltered by the Pyrenees is the wine region of Empordá in Catalonia. For three generations, the Espelt family have been respected grape growers in this special place where the Pyrenees meet the sea, in Cap de Creus. Luís and Quimeta Espelt were already renowned growers when they decided to build their cellar in 2000. Their son, Damià, an agricultural engineer, expanded operations and took many of the decisions that shaped Espelt into what it is today. Anna,...
See the Espelt Viticultors detail page for more information on this brand
Product notes
Loam soil made of shale sediments. A very short pruning in winter and a green pruning is applied, along with a tory and grape selection, to promote balance.
Production notes
Manual harvest. A cold pre-fermentative maceration occurs for 48 hours inside stainless-steel tanks. The fermentation is started spontaneously with native yeast strains. The maceration lasts 12 days and is pumped over manually (without a pump). We only keep the bleeding wine stored in a 22-hectolitre foudre vessel, where the spontaneous malolactic fermentation will occur and is then aged over lees for seven months. The wine undergoes racking and a light clarification and is later bottled without filtering.
Tasting notes
Ruby red colour. Red fruit aromas such as strawberry, red currant, cherry, and a hint of blackberry. Notes of aromatic Mediterranean herbs such as lavender. On the palate, the wine is intense with blackberry and plum notes and brings recollections of red fruits such as raspberries with hidden hints of Mediterranean undergrowth. The wine is long and deep, which gives its acidity consistency.
Press reviews
