Mas Candi - 'La Pura' Amphora Xarel.lo 2018

Mas Candi - 'La Pura' Amphora Xarel.lo 2018

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"Mas Candí La Pura is a white wine made with Xarel·lo gapes from a Ramón Jané vineyard, located in les Gunyoles, in the heart of Penedès, on clay-chalky soils.

Harvesting is carried out manually, with the grapes being selected in the vineyard. In the winery, pellicular maceration is performed for 24 hours before starting alcoholic fermentation in amphora with native yeasts. The wine is aged in these same amphora for 8 months."

 

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Mas Candi

Ramón Jané broke 500 years of family tradition in 2006 by vinifying a portion of his grapes with his wife Mercé Cuscó and best friend/oenologist Toni Carbó as Mas Candí - they had always sold their crop to large cava producers. They remain grape growers first, farming bio-dynamically on the inland edge of the Garraf massif, and plan to keep their production limited. Over centuries of tasting, the Jané family has tailored their farming to focus on indigenous Xarel.lo, which grows best in their calcareous soils.

 

 

 

--------THE GRAPE--------

Xarel-lo

Xarel.lo is one of Spain's best-kept secrets when it comes to white wines. If it is known at all, it is as one of the main varieties in the production of the best sparkling wines in Spain. 

 

--------THE REGION--------

Penèdes

Today, the D.O Penedès is experimenting with viticulture and winemaking like no other region in Spain, home to a vast range of different grape varieties. The region is home to traditional white and red varieties, foreign ones, noble ones, permitted grapes, experimental grapes, and those that demonstrate intrinsic qualities. As well as the grapes, the production techniques used are also worth noting, the location of the vineyards, the yields per hectare, the wines produced using traditional, original or even exclusive blends, the different ageing times, as well as the complexity of the different barrels used! But the reality is, given the vast diversity, it can be difficult to pinpoint what really defines a wine from Penedès, since there are so many types of wines and wineries in the region. However, the common denominator of all the wines from Penedès continues to be balance and quality.