Volume 48: The unexpected edition

Illustration by Anna Vu (@goodwinecrapdrawing)
Recerca
2021
Terres Noires
Macabeu
Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Mas Samsō and Terres Noires highlight this difference in soil, with both retaining great minerality. They are both made with 100% Macabeu, harvested from plots 1km apart. The vinification is also identical: the grapes were harvested at the same level of maturity, direct pressed and aged for 8 months in steel tanks. Mas Samsō is grown on clay, producing a richer, more creamy, rounded wine which is both fruity and bitter. Terres Noires is from black schist made from clay compressed by the Pyrenees. It is a wine which oscillates between reduction and oxidation. Be sure to decant both before drinking.

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Recerca
2021
Mas Samsō
Macabeu
Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Mas Samsō and Terres Noires highlight this difference in soil, with both retaining great minerality. They are both made with 100% Macabeu, harvested from plots 1km apart. The vinification is also identical: the grapes were harvested at the same level of maturity, direct pressed and aged for 8 months in steel tanks. Mas Samsō is grown on clay, producing a richer, more creamy, rounded wine which is both fruity and bitter. Terres Noires is from black schist made from clay compressed by the Pyrenees. It is a wine which oscillates between reduction and oxidation. Be sure to decant both before drinking.

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Escoda-Sanahuja
2021
Nas del Gegant
Merlot, Garnatxa Negra, Pinot Noir, Carinyena
Catalonia, Spain

Nas del Gegant (‘nose of the giant’ in Catalan) is a wild wine with an earthy aroma and fresh palate. It’s made up of 70% Merlot, 10% Garnatxa Negra, 10% Pinot Noir, 10% Carinyena - pressed smoothly with a classic, vertical press. The grapes are macerated for 5-8 days in a mixture of cement and steel before being aged in stainless steel tanks. This is an easy to drink but exciting wine with no filtration or sulphites. Enjoy slightly chilled.

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